scottyrs

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As above noticed oil underneath my car today on closer inspection it seems worse then I thought passenger side of engine is covered in oil as are wishbones ect puddles everywhere! My question is I think it's coming from one of the pipes below the oil filter and ideas what's these are thanks?

scottyrs

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Colin_P

Assume that is the 1.9 TDI probably an AWX engine then that has probably been caused by careless oil changes. Your picture shows the oil filter / cooler housing. The filter is a paper cartridge and will slop oil everywhere if a careless knob does the work (is it you ).

I'd clean it all off and then look for a leak.

scottyrs

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No mate not me lol had the car 4 months now isn't due a service for a few k yet when engine running you can actually see drops but can't make out where from as there's that much all over

Colin_P

You need to clean it all off then so you can see where it might be coming from.

A can of gunk and a jet wash or an aerosol or two of brake cleaner and loads of kitchen roll / wipes.

On the off chance, check the filter housing cap is tight, it is black plastic and about 70mm to 80mm in diameter.

scottyrs

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Cheers will do in the mean time do you think it's ok to use for work in the morning or best to leave it until its sorted

botters

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best thing to do is get some brake cleaner and clean all the oil off completly and then keep an eye on it while its running

botters

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beat me to it

scottyrs

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Ill buy some tins of the brake and carb cleaner tomoro and give it a go cheers so aslong as I keep an eye on oil levels it will be ok to use? Defo nothing todo with the turbo on this side?

zivac

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Remove filter housing cap and check rubber seal, I had case that someone put new seal over the old, and oil was leaking

jamie's

i'm fairly sure the oil feed pipe for the turbo comes from that side of the engine and runs around the other side to the turbo, i've kown these to leak before so it could be that,
the oil usualy comes flooding out if thats what has failed bur it possible just a slight crack in the pipe,
best bet is as already advised, clean it all up and trace the leak