oily smell

[stainesy]

ok what i want to no is what could be the cause of a hot oil smell?
my car runs drives fine and there is no running issues at all and all is good.

but when driving the car. if i pull up in traffic engine runing waiting to go or if i stop sometime after driving a wile i get a smell of like hot or warm oil in the cab.

any ideas?

[murraymint]

Rocker cover gasket lack?

[stainesy]

Rocker cover gasket lack?

actuly you saying that there is a small leak on the right hand end of the block as you look at engine from the front coming from the rocker cover gasket.
is that what it is?

[thai-wronghorse]

Split breather pipes is highly likely.

[Luke1981]

It will be the rocker cover gasket, same thing happened to mine. They tend to perish around the semi circle area at each end. Not expensive to get a genuine VW one, 20 quid rings a bell.

If it's a split breather hose as Mr wronghorse suggests then they are more pricey. The air pipe breather hose from the rocker cover cost me nearly 50 quid from VW 

[stainesy]

yeah that is where mine is leaking from. on the right hand end as you look from the front.
i will change that first.

cheers peeps 

[itavaltalainen]

Which engine do you have?

Got a good as new pipe lieing round from my 2.0, taken it off when I scrapped it cos I replaced it about a year ago before moving to the UK (VW Finland - almost 100€) Fits most 2.0 engines... Let me have you engine letters and I can confirm

Here's a link:
http://www.motor-talk.de/marktplatz/kurbelgehaeuseentlueftung-golf-3-passat-35i-2-0-aba-2e-t3876451.html

[Rmachines]

The 1.8L / 2.0L engines are prone to leaking from the rocker cover gasket and the oil sits on the intake manifold as a puddle, then dribbles on the exhuast manifold and lets off a big puff of stinkey smoke!    The 2.0L just dribbles straight on the manifold and smells.

[itavaltalainen]

I know these leak, replaced both on my 2.0 2E and 1.8 AAM....

even done a how-to

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=229781

[andy-gti84]

mine done the same mate just change gasket an sorted it.