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General => The garage => Topic started by: daiwobbly on 17 September 2007, 22:20

Title: leak by dizzy
Post by: daiwobbly on 17 September 2007, 22:20

fluid leak at bottom of dizzy looks like coolant taste like sh!t and feels greasy not losing any water or oil any idea what it is please  94 2 ltr gti 8 valve :undecided:

Title: Re: leak by dizzy
Post by: BobbyT on 18 September 2007, 00:07

i would have thought oil from that area!  :undecided: might only be a small amount that you dont really notice!

Title: Re: leak by dizzy
Post by: daiwobbly on 18 September 2007, 05:24

is there an o ring on the bottom of the dizzy

Title: Re: leak by dizzy
Post by: e11ie on 18 September 2007, 09:59

I'n my haynes it says there is but it's a mk2 book not mk3 but I would have thought something like that was pretty consistent...I'm only guessing tho  :undecided:

Title: Re: leak by dizzy
Post by: Rmachines on 19 September 2007, 17:17

Yea you will probably find it is oil,  Not much else it could be, and its quite possible its just the seals are worn out a bit.   

if its a very small amount, and not splatting about or causing a puddle i would leave it.

Title: Re: leak by dizzy
Post by: daiwobbly on 19 September 2007, 17:30

thankyou just done 1000 mile round trip and there is no oil loss or water loss just the bit by the dizzy :smiley: