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Started by martcool, March 19, 2013, 03:35:15 PM

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March 19, 2013, 03:35:15 PM
hi there can u help i have had my car looked at i had a oil leak its all bin washed to find it they found it is a oil seal at the back and the only way to do this they sad is to take the gear box all out and its going to be Ã,£300 i told them not to do it has any one had this befor and is it ok just to leave it its not a lot at mo but will it get bad thanks
March 19, 2013, 03:57:12 PM #1
Depends entirely on how much of an oil leak and where its coming from... never heard of one needing the gearbox out though! Where abouts roughly are we talking?
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March 19, 2013, 04:20:02 PM #2
they said its behide the gear box and said its only weeping a bit at mo lot of money to get done the cost of the seal is nothink they said just time thanks
March 19, 2013, 04:25:31 PM #3
Hummm there is nothing "behind" the gearbox as its transverse mount - in fact there is nothing I can think of that would require the box to be removed as the sump is removable with it in situ... get a second opinion from another garage!

Without seeing it, it's very tricky to comment but I would speculate that it's coming from the EGR system and dripping down which is fairly common.
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March 19, 2013, 06:58:22 PM #4
hi they had to car up on the ramp all day they hat to clean it all down just to find it they did tsay i can go have a look i wish i did now they said it was behide the gear box and u only just see it from under the car looking up u see it weeping but they said it was not much at all i just had them do rocker box gastet thats y i take it back to them and they hat to find it so they can say it was not that thanks i wish i had of looked now
March 19, 2013, 10:33:16 PM #5
Is this a manual or auto box?
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March 20, 2013, 06:10:14 PM #6
hi its a manual thanks
March 25, 2013, 10:13:22 PM #7
Hi just to let u no after about 4 days its started diping agen so sill no ider were its coming from thanks
March 30, 2013, 11:31:16 PM #8
When I had injector wiring replaced my rocker cover started to leak badly at rear right corner despite of the new rocker cover seal. They replaced seal again and still was leaking, they tried to use a bit of gasket sealant around seal and still was leaking. At the end I had to buy new rocker cover from VW for over 130quid just to sort it out (there is new design of the cover because of this issue).
March 31, 2013, 12:09:51 PM #9
hi george thanks i just had new rocker gasket done thats y i take it back and said it was sill leaking so they hat to take of the cover under the car wash it all down to find this leak they said they hat to keep it runing for long time to find it its not much just weeping a bit and they said the cover was all ok who nos thanks
May 08, 2013, 06:51:05 PM #10
hi
i had this on my galaxy i fitted a new rocker gasket and washed the engine down with engine cleaner .ran the engine (car on ramps) used a light to help me see .short story it was leaking from the turbo oil return pipe tightened this up oil leak is now gone .by the way the oil was all over the back of the engine
hope thi helps
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