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Offline mk14dr

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Oil cooler leak.
« on: 08 March 2012, 15:48 »
Hello chaps.

Its seems I have abit of an oil leak on my 8v GTI.
It appears to be coming from the area around the oil cooler/oil filter. Ive been to VW and bought the gasket that goes between the block and the oil cooler (there was a choice of two, but for £1.50 each I thought I may aswell get both) and, on the suggestion of the parts guy, I also got the rubber ring seal for between the oil cooler and the housing itself.

What sort of job are these to do? I looks simple enough, but I thought I'd ask and get the benefit of the experience on here.

Cheers..

Offline clipperjay

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Re: Oil cooler leak.
« Reply #1 on: 08 March 2012, 15:56 »
Any hex bolts use a hammer to bang in the hex bit, trust me you want a tight fit otherwise you could end up rounding the hex bolts over time they collect crap and the hex bit doesn't sit right some times  :wink:

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Re: Oil cooler leak.
« Reply #2 on: 09 March 2012, 11:28 »
Also worth checking the seal around the pressure sender on the top of the housing. They can weep around the oring and eventually leads to leaks.

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Re: Oil cooler leak.
« Reply #3 on: 09 March 2012, 14:09 »
Nothing worse than weeping around the ring.
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