oil leak $5000

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <9704212055.AA08352@notesgw1.cc.bellcore.com> "Grant Lenahan" writes:

> As usual, Phil's advice is great.  If you really want to fix it.
 
> Now to the real quetsion.  Why do you care?
> Is it leaving enough oil to be a mess?  Using enough oil
> to lower the level quickly?

BTDT - today!
 
The Coupe GT has a _tiny_ leak.  Literally one or two spots every time it stops.
 
We haven't had it long - it's an 85 engine in an 83 shell, concocted by John 
Coughtrie and we paid GBP500 ($800) plus an ur-quattro tie rod.  The leak 
didn't bother me - but Sarah drives it to work and it seems to bother _THEM_.
 
So I thought I'd fix it, and ordered the parts.  I saw John a day or two later, 
and mentioned this.  "Yes," he said, "but I've never found it a nuisance and it 
keeps the bulk of the underside of the car free of corrosion."
 
He's right, really.  The oil loss is negligible.  Why care? 

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club