Author Topic: Oil Leak  (Read 1151 times)

Offline hobbes

  • Not said much yet
  • **
  • Posts: 97
Oil Leak
« on: 12 June 2009, 21:52 »
Evening All,

I have '92 16v with an oil leak.  It seems to be coming from one of the two plugs that sit above the oil cooler (the one closest to the engine).  When i pull off the rubber boot cover that protects the connector it is full of oil - do these things leak oil, are they not a sealed unit???  The other is bone dry.  Can these be sourced from GSF and if so does anyone know the part number?
Mk2 Golf GTI 16v
Mk4 Golf GT TDI

Offline jezza16v

  • I live here
  • *****
  • Posts: 981
Re: Oil Leak
« Reply #1 on: 13 June 2009, 15:50 »
Oil pressure sender, they can leak, I never had it on any of my 16v but on my Audi Coupe 2.6 it went badly, probably the same part. Just get a new one and replace it and it will be fine, genuine they cost about £15 IIRC.
« Last Edit: 13 June 2009, 15:52 by jezza16v »

Offline hobbes

  • Not said much yet
  • **
  • Posts: 97
Re: Oil Leak
« Reply #2 on: 13 June 2009, 17:28 »
I went to GSF today - they list four identical part's but with different codes at the end (a, b, c etc) with different colour heads denoting pressure.  However, my one (brown) was not listed however there was one part number listed that did not denote a colour.  Would anyone know the correct part number?
Mk2 Golf GTI 16v
Mk4 Golf GT TDI

VeeDubGTI16v

  • Guest
Re: Oil Leak
« Reply #3 on: 13 June 2009, 17:31 »
if you take it off the part number will be on it somewhere

id be tempted to get a genuine one, the gsf senders are a bit of a gamble imo

Offline rubjonny

  • 10k hero
  • *
  • Posts: 16,349
  • Hello, my name is John and I'm a dub addict.
Re: Oil Leak
« Reply #4 on: 15 June 2009, 08:52 »
blue is the replacement colour for the brown switch, 028 919 081 D - 0.25bar
Hello my name is John and I'm a dub addict.

Offline hobbes

  • Not said much yet
  • **
  • Posts: 97
Re: Oil Leak
« Reply #5 on: 15 June 2009, 13:13 »
Thanks John, much appreciated.
Mk2 Golf GTI 16v
Mk4 Golf GT TDI

Offline Horney

  • 10k hero
  • *
  • Posts: 10,782
  • Racing, Trackdays, Starwars.
Re: Oil Leak
« Reply #6 on: 15 June 2009, 13:30 »
id be tempted to get a genuine one, the gsf senders are a bit of a gamble imo

Agreed, I had a GSF one fail within 24hrs. Gen ones all the way and not much more expensive.

Nick