oil leak
 

evening fellas, have a 08 s4 and got home tonite and saw a small patch of oil drivers side from last nite. looked under car and in front of drive shaft i can see a casing with torx bolts and it has oil on bolts. any idea what this is and is it going to be a bitch to fix?
thanx in advance Rich

Re: oil leak
 

Rich, have you recently had an oil change? Twice now I've had oil on my garage floor becasue the drain plug wasnt sealed properly after a service. The oil that leaked out covered a lot of stuff in the vacinity. Might not be applicable but thought I'd mention it since its an easy fix....

Re: oil leak
 

cheers mate it was end of dec but not done many miles since, its going back this pm for them to take a look

Re: oil leak
 

found it, its the drivers side valve cover small leak at back bolt. phew thats easy to fix, compared to some of my horror thoughts.