RE: Oil leak on turbo oil line, how much possible damage?

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>]

Sounds like a vacuum leak to me. Carefully inspect all vacuum lines for
loosenes and detoriation. Some cars have a sticker on the radiator
shroud showing vacuum hoses layout. With the engine idling, remove the
oil dipstick. If revs drop a little it's OK, but if the engine stalls or
is about to stall then you have a vacuum leak.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Gerard [SMTP:gerard@poboxes.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 05, 1997 8:56 AM
> To:	Aleksander Mierzwa; quattro list
> Subject:	Re: Oil leak on turbo oil line, how much possible
> damage?
> 
> [...]
> The whistle I hear while driving, but this I'll only
> hear on my side of the car (driver's side & turbo side). It isn't a
> constant
> pitch whistle, it sometimes drops a bit and then jumps up again. Goes
> away
> from slowing down. It can't be body-whistle as the panels haven't been
> smashes/adjusted (??) since I got the car and it has only been
> happening
> for
> the last month. Also, there was a real loud ruined bearing sound
> coming
> from
> the same side of the car, eventually had the alternator recon'd which
> eliminated that noise, but then the whistle popped up. I do know that
> that
> entire side of the car is oil coated now, including the alternator,
> which 
> is now in the same oil coated state it was when I took it in to be
> recon'd.
> Another thing about the whistle is that about a month ago it was
> extremely
> load, but only after cold start in the mornings, but we're talking a
> "everybody turn and stare at whistle Boeing" type of sound. That
> doesn't
> happen anymore and the whistle has moved on to higher speed
> travelling.
> I
> have asked the guy who has the car today to try and find it, but I
> don't
> think he'll narrow it down. At least he'll probably give me a area
> from
> which
> it is coming and then I'll let you know.
>