I've got an oil leak.

the car was bought second hand and had some problems, a slight oil leak was part of it, the odd drip or two from 2 different locations. I had to take it to the garage twice to get it fixed under warranty, they said it was the turbo pipe and now it isn't dripping anymore.

It's coming out in large puddles. Not very often, it's as if it builds up then empties onto my driveway.

I've got no technical knowledge so I took some pictures, like a breadcrumb trail, to show you where it's coming from and what it looks like underneath. Anyone got any ideas what it is, how hard it is to fix and maybe how much it would cost?

I'd rather not take it back to the same place, sure it would probably be done under warranty but they're useless there and I'd rather not have them touch the car again.

for reference, stay away from Economy Car Centre, now Carmotion, in Mexbrough, Doncaster.

So anyway, pictures below, any help would be really handy, thanks

There is definately a lot of oil coming out of that intercooler pipe. Personally i'd replace the whole pipe and the clips as well. Can't see it costing a lot to fix. 100 quid tops??

It be worried about what all that oil is doing there in the first place. When my cambelt was changed last year, we had to disconnect the I/C pipework and the pipes on my car at least had no oil in them at all.

I had this pipe blow out of its fittings the other month after the clips wore through and snapped off.

£30-£35 irrc for the pipe.

My 1.9tdi does collect oil here and the turbo has only covered 9000miles since it was replaced, doesn't seem to drip as that is though.

Where abouts do you live mate?

Conisbrough

As I said, I'd rather pay for this to get fixed than take it back and have the garage screw something else up (this is a different oil leak to the last one but strange how it started as soon as the other one got fixed)

But if it's going to cost over a hundred and if there's a worry about why there's so much oil there in the first place, I might end up having to take it back there, damnit.

I'm down the road at ro'mish so could pop over one day and have a look at it with you want me to matey?

Conisbrough

As I said, I'd rather pay for this to get fixed than take it back and have the garage screw something else up (this is a different oil leak to the last one but strange how it started as soon as the other one got fixed).

This is the thing with oil leaks. You plug one hole, then it will try and find the next weekest point to escape as its got nowhere else to go. The amount of oil seems excessive to me, at that rate of leakage if the oil had nowhere to to it could clog the I/C up with oil. There really should only be air in that pipework, possible with a small quantity of oil mixed in. and I mean small.

Something else to consider, are you sure its coming from there at all and not just dripped down from above the pipework from say a leaking cam cover gasket or simillar.

I'm down the road at ro'mish so could pop over one day and have a look at it with you want me to matey?

I'd appreciale that yeah. When's a good time for you?

This is the thing with oil leaks. You plug one hole, then it will try and find the next weekest point to escape as its got nowhere else to go. The amount of oil seems excessive to me, at that rate of leakage if the oil had nowhere to to it could clog the I/C up with oil. There really should only be air in that pipework, possible with a small quantity of oil mixed in. and I mean small.

Something else to consider, are you sure its coming from there at all and not just dripped down from above the pipework from say a leaking cam cover gasket or simillar.

I have no idea where it's coming from to be honest. But given that its been 'fixed' under warranty I'd hope it wasnt anything serious like that.

it's gone quiet!

Ayup matey,

If you're looking for a decent indie garage in the Doncaster area, I've recently used AVG on the A638 Great North Rd (Woodlands near A1).

The guy that runs it used to work at a local VW Skoda (& at the time Audi) main dealer.

Have you tried sending a PM to Browny_37 regarding getting together to look at your car?

Another option is the Malt House meet (Thurs 13 Aug), there's a few techies that just love looking under bonnets....

cheers ... Darren

Hi sorry mate, forgot about this thread.

Whens the best time to suite you? I'm just trying to fit things in around my personal stuff at the moment.

I'm going to give the garage another call see if they're in any way cooperative. If so I'm gonna give them another try at it. Was talked into it by my brother to save money.

If the oil leak started in the turbo pipe and is now in the intercooler pipe it's not looking to be something simple.

If they're not going to help I'll try and get to that meet tomorrow or give you a nudge Browny.

I'm not having much luck with cars this year, already had a seat leon tdi turbo collapse on me, wrecked the engine. Sigh...

Cheers again for the help guys