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Oil leak
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937carrera
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Kevin Welch
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Do you need to actually put oil in the car when the light comes on. If not then it is probably the sender unit in the sump. I replaced mine recently, easy job but if I remember correctly the unit is about £60. [:-]
937carrera
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If the problem is the oil level then I would ignore the light and simply take the oil level from the dipstick. If the car has just been serviced then it should be up to the top level. Next time the oil level light comes on (if convenient) stop the car on level ground and give it 15 minutes to allow the oil to drain back into the sump. Then take the level from the dipstick. If the dipstick says full, then alls well. If not, and the oil level is below the lower mark, you have either an oil leak or you are burning oil. (any blue smoke from the exhaust ? ).
I suspect the oiil level warning light should not come on unless the oil level is very low, or its low & you are cornering hard. If it comes on when there's plenty of oil then I would suspect a bad electrical connection on the sender./switch or a duff sender / switch
Difference between max & min is 1 litre
sawood12
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Actually if the leak is coming from the rear cork cam cover seal you might be able to check this by leaving he car ticking over on the drive. I disturbed this seal once when I removed the engine lifting eye to fit my Manual Boost Control and didn't tighten up one of the bolts correctly. I spotted it because the drips of oil fell onto the exhaust manifold causing alot of smoke so that might be an easy one to initially eliminate.
Other than that it could be just about anything. Beaky has been back an forth over oil leaks recently. One was the balance shaft O ring seal - which is at the front but dripped at the back. After that was cured it sees has froth tower was leaking so off came the inlet manifold (kerching £££ []). £1.5K later I think the oil leak has gone but I now seem to have a coolant leak.
OK so £1.5K wasn't just on chasing an oil leak but that was the principal job around which several other "while you are there you might as well...." jobs came about.
j16jrf
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I will probably change every single gasket in search of a cure haha and it will be the last thing changed that was the problem ALWAYS THE WAY.
is there a better replacement or is the standard cork one good enough?
sawood12
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Diver944
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http://www.hartech.org/docs/Prices_Jan_2007.pdf
geoffbateman
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pauljmcnulty
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As an example, my S2 with 133K miles has three different oil leaks: (1) oil pan; (2) rear main seal and (3) headgasket at the rear of the engine. The leak rates are low enough that I've decided to simply live with them instead of spending the money to get them repaired.
Back in 2006, I had a leak at the front of the engine and I had that take care of immediately as the oil (in that location) damages belts and bushings. I also had all the belts and rollers redone at the same time. The costs (in US dollars) were:
- Front engine reseal kit (p/n 944-101-000-00), 1x $116.35
- Steel bushings (p/n 928-105-139-02), 3x $22.95
- Brake cleaner, 1x $5.95
- Timing belt (p/n 944-105-323-02), 1x $123.69
- Counter balance belt (p/n 944-102-219-02), 1x $68.01
- Tensioner roller (p/n 944-105-631-10), 1x $99.94
- Counter balance belt tensioner (p/n 944-102-025-06), 1x $43.48
- Counter balance belt roller (p/n 944-102-277-04), 1x $60.77
- Timing belt roller on the water pump (p/n 944-105-241-03), $48.37
- Labor, 5.5x hours at $128.80/hour ($708.40 total labor)
sawood12
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In my case the drip appeared to be coming from the lower balance shaft seal. However a bit more investigation found it was actually coming from the oil filter housing gasket, dripping down the side of the block, pooling in a cast recess on top of the lower balance shaft housing, then overflowing and dripping off the lower balance shaft housing making it look like it was the balance shaft seal.
Cost me about £150 for my specialist to fix when it was in for a service. It is one of those jobs that is a PITA so I couldn't be bothered to do it myself.
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