ABF now leaks oil.... high presure maybe?

[krnau 0]

Hey,

 

After doing the ABF transplant, I've noticed a huge leakage of oil. After spending several days trying to find the cause, I took it to a local garage.

 

They replaced the oil sump gasket. still leaked.

 

Crank seal (the one next to the gearbox) replaced, still leaks.

 

Now they say that they don't know where the oil is coming from...... WTF???!!!

 

 

so... may a high oil pressure be causing this??

 

Just to let you know that the oil light/buzzer does NOT act at all....

 

 

oil + filter were replaced 1 month ago by the way.

 

 

oh! I forgot to say that I have an oil press gauge and it reads (when warm and cold) more than 6 bars at idle!! While with the kr engine it read about 1bar per 1.000rpm....

 

 

what may cause an extremely high oil press? worn piston rings??? would a compression test reveal this?

Edited June 1, 2011 by krnau

[dannyboy 0]

have a look at the oil pressure switch on top of the oil filter housing, i had a leak on my gti before that turned out to be oil coming out of the electrical connector itself for the pressure switch.didnt get a oil warning either.dont know how common it is but it has happened to me

[carrots 1]

i had same prob with mine it was p-ss-ng out the top of the switch.make sure you buy the right 1 overwise it sets the oil pressure buzzer off

[dannyboy 0]

any problems with noisey tappets or knocking? maybe guage is telling lies? 6 bar cold engine is tad high on idle,but 6 bar on warm idle is not good.

should be around-

 

cold idle 4-5 bar

warm idle 1.5-2 bar

high load 5-6 bar

[krnau 0]

no, it's not leaking from anywhere near the oil press switches :(

 

yes the gauge may be telling lies. I'll take the car to a good garage (not the one I brought it to...) so the chap has a look at it.

 

any comments are welcome ;) thanks!!

[krnau 0]

fixed. it was a missing (LOL) crank position sensor o-ring !!

[n3p 3]

:norty:

[krnau 0]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

 

:norty: :norty: