Oil leak!

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Danny G
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Oil leak!

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Thought my polo was dying on Friday! i had noticed that it had been losing oil over the last couple of weeks but on Friday there was a huge puddle under the engine bay. :(

Though it could be the crankcase oil seal so I stripped the pulley off to see but it was dry....

So i put it all back together and ran it til it built up some pressure and there was almost a steady stream running from the engine. This led me to think it could have been the sump gasket... However my local VAG part man told me these motors use a sealent instead of a gasket.

Was getting kinda worried at this point.... :?

Anyway i then noticed oil further up the back of the block and investigated the oil pressure switch...

There was a strem of oil running from it! so it ended up being a chaep job that took me going on for three hours stripping parts i didnt need to!


Just though id highlight it to you guys to check the switch to avoid any dirty jobs in the future trying to locate the problem 8) !

Cheers
Dan
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