Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
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Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
okay, so I didn't worry about it.
However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
JKG
with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
okay, so I didn't worry about it.
However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
JKG
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Re: Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
How much did an indy charge for this job? I have been quoted $1,500 by Audi.
Thanks.
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"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks,
> JKG
Thanks.
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"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgoodish-F710CF.23245118122004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks,
> JKG
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Re: Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
How much did an indy charge for this job? I have been quoted $1,500 by Audi.
Thanks.
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"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgoodish-F710CF.23245118122004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks,
> JKG
Thanks.
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"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgoodish-F710CF.23245118122004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks,
> JKG
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Re: Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
How much did an indy charge for this job? I have been quoted $1,500 by Audi.
Thanks.
--
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Looking for cheap Austin Mini, Wagon, Clubman, Mokes and other variants for
sale in the USA.
"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgoodish-F710CF.23245118122004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks,
> JKG
Thanks.
--
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"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgoodish-F710CF.23245118122004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks,
> JKG
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Re: Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
In article <Uoexd.295$L7.126@trnddc05>,
"AustinMini.OsiTech.Net" <QuickSilver@OsiTech.Net(remove)> wrote:
> How much did an indy charge for this job? I have been quoted $1,500 by Audi.
>
> Thanks.
I believe it was around $500 in labor, plus parts.
JKG
"AustinMini.OsiTech.Net" <QuickSilver@OsiTech.Net(remove)> wrote:
> How much did an indy charge for this job? I have been quoted $1,500 by Audi.
>
> Thanks.
I believe it was around $500 in labor, plus parts.
JKG
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Re: Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
In article <Uoexd.295$L7.126@trnddc05>,
"AustinMini.OsiTech.Net" <QuickSilver@OsiTech.Net(remove)> wrote:
> How much did an indy charge for this job? I have been quoted $1,500 by Audi.
>
> Thanks.
I believe it was around $500 in labor, plus parts.
JKG
"AustinMini.OsiTech.Net" <QuickSilver@OsiTech.Net(remove)> wrote:
> How much did an indy charge for this job? I have been quoted $1,500 by Audi.
>
> Thanks.
I believe it was around $500 in labor, plus parts.
JKG
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Re: Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
In article <Uoexd.295$L7.126@trnddc05>,
"AustinMini.OsiTech.Net" <QuickSilver@OsiTech.Net(remove)> wrote:
> How much did an indy charge for this job? I have been quoted $1,500 by Audi.
>
> Thanks.
I believe it was around $500 in labor, plus parts.
JKG
"AustinMini.OsiTech.Net" <QuickSilver@OsiTech.Net(remove)> wrote:
> How much did an indy charge for this job? I have been quoted $1,500 by Audi.
>
> Thanks.
I believe it was around $500 in labor, plus parts.
JKG
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Re: Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
Did they change the seals also?
If so maybe one, or more, were incorrectly installed.
If not maybe they should have changed them while in there.
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgoodish-F710CF.23245118122004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
If so maybe one, or more, were incorrectly installed.
If not maybe they should have changed them while in there.
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgoodish-F710CF.23245118122004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
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Re: Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
Did they change the seals also?
If so maybe one, or more, were incorrectly installed.
If not maybe they should have changed them while in there.
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgoodish-F710CF.23245118122004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
If so maybe one, or more, were incorrectly installed.
If not maybe they should have changed them while in there.
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgoodish-F710CF.23245118122004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
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Re: Oil Leak after Timing Belt Change
Did they change the seals also?
If so maybe one, or more, were incorrectly installed.
If not maybe they should have changed them while in there.
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgoodish-F710CF.23245118122004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?
If so maybe one, or more, were incorrectly installed.
If not maybe they should have changed them while in there.
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"Jonathan Goodish" <jgoodish@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jgoodish-F710CF.23245118122004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>I had my A4 1.8T timing belt changed by an independent garage, along
> with water pump, accessory belts, etc. about 5000 miles ago. Almost
> immediately afterward, I noticed what appeared to be a an oil spray all
> over the front of the engine compartment. The spray and associated
> smell disappeared after a couple hundred miles, and engine fluids looked
> okay, so I didn't worry about it.
>
> However, oil is still leaking from somewhere in the engine compartment
> sufficiently enough to drip from just about every surface on the
> underside of the engine, onto the belly pan, and from there onto the
> garage floor. I changed the engine oil a couple days ago, and wiped up
> the underside of the engine pretty well, cleaned the belly pan, and
> after a couple hundred miles the oil is again leaking sufficiently to
> coat the underside of the engine and drip from the belly pan onto the
> garage floor. This leak was not present prior to the timing belt change
> or, if it was, it certainly wasn't severe enough to be this noticeable.
>
> The oil appears to be motor oil, though I haven't noticed a drop in the
> crankcase oil level. I am perplexed as to the source, and wonder if it
> could have been caused or aggravated by the shop in the course of
> changing the timing belt. Does anyone have any ideas?