[V8] Oil leaks and audiv8.com

[Paul Jager]

Ahh You did the trays too. The exhaust is wrapped so tight around the 
engine - causes all sorts of problems but the packaging of this car is part 
of it's engineering innovation.
AWD, 300 pony V8 in what looks like a mid-size sedan. Handles like a beast 
in any conditions.


-----Original Message----- 
From: D Morralee
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 6:01 AM
To: pjager at telus.net ; audi fan
Subject: Re: [V8] Oil leaks and audiv8.com


Hey guys
My 4.2 when I bought it was leaking oil all over the place and so when I did 
the timing belt I replaced every seal I could. I found that the biggest oil 
leak was caused by Head gasket oil leak ... it would migrate down to the 
exhaust system and I'd get the " hey your car is smokin comments" The only 
way to tackle oil leaks is replace as many of the seal as you can in one 
shot when you are doing the tbelt. I took both heads off and replaced all 
the valve seals and hand lapped the valves. I didn't replace the valve 
guilds and this was something I should of DONE. The Head Gaskets have been 
fine and held up very well for the last 4.5 years. Redo all the Distributor 
seals is important too as that can be a source of oil. What I did do to stop 
the smokin was to build a spill tray that diverted the oil from my exhaust 
system, until I could find the time to do the big job.
superdave


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