re: The smell of burning oil...

[Phil and Judy Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

Sean,
I started a "burning oil odor" thread a few weeks ago regarding my '91
200q. In my case, the smell was tranny oil that was leaking from the
rightside final drive (front) oil seal--then splattering/smoldering on the
exhaust pipes. The onset of the odor was pretty sudden.  Since then I've
replaced seal. Feedback on this indicated the cause/effect applies to later
models as well. Look for oily mess near either of the inner (front) CV
joints.

Phil R.


>
>Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:11:06 -0500
>From: Sean_Ford@idx.com
>Subject: The smell of burning oil...
>
>To:   quattro
>Anyone feel like throwing a dart at what this might be?
>
>Myself, my wife, and my son are in my '92 100CS yesterday on our way home.
>At a highway junction, on the on ramp to Rt. 95 (from 128, if anyone cares)
>in MA, I drop down into 4th gear because its a
>right-into-a-fairly-tight-decreasing-radius-left on ramp, and as I come out
>of the corner onto the straight I floor it. WOT in 4th, up to about 4200
>rpm and shift up to 5th. The whole car is then consumed with the smell of
>burning oil.
>
>In retrospect, I should've pulled over and popped the hood. I didn't, and
>now I'm wondering what the hell is going on. I think I'm going to have to
>perform another WOT and see what happens on that same on ramp. It seems to
>me that oil leaked SOMEWHERE, and I'll be less than pleased seeing as how
>the gaskets were all just replaced at the end of Oct '98.
>
>Any other 12v'ers have, or having, something similar?
>
>Sean Ford
>'92 Audi 100CS 5-spd 43k mi
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/5528

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