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Oil leak!

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I've found where it's coming from but not sure whether I should drive it to get it sorted, I found it yesterday as I started to wash the car.

Its leaking from the top of the oil cooler, I did notice oil on drive a week ago when it came back from VW but I thought it was housemates mk3 GTi as we found a small leak on that.

Could it be down to incorrect fitment of new oil filter??? or just one of those things??

 

Is it easier enough to sort? DIY looks easy enough to get to

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there's a rubber O-ring between the top of the oil cooler and the filter head (bit wot attaches to the block! ;) )

 

These are known to fail occasionally and will cause a leak in the place you describe... your best bet is to buy both a new cooler and O-Ring (about £20 all in) and fit the new cooler while you've got the old one off... at least that way you KNOW that the cooler's gonna be good for a few years and won't cause any damage by popping... 8)

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