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Little Oil Problem

944Fripp

944Fripp

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My S2 has been in my local friendly garage for the last few days having cam and balance belt change, new clutch release bearing and a little job on the brakes done. I called today to check that it was all done and they told me that it was all sorted. However, when they went to move the car this morning it dumped some oil onto the manifold (not a lot but enough to cause some concern). They checked the engine all over and can't find a source anywhere. They've been running the engine on and off all day (letting it cool and heat up) and it still doesn't leak. Finally, as a last check they are leaving inside tonight to cool and are going to check it all again tomorrow morning to see if it does it again.

If it helps, the car was parked on a slope overnight.

Should I be worried?!
 
Onto the exhaust manifold? Maybe overfilled the oil? I'm not sure what happens when that is done but its all I can think of at the moment....
I love problems like this - self healing cars!

EDIT: I've just realised, could they have just spilt some oil on the manifold when taking the cam cover off, forgot about it and then it burnt off when they started the car? I did that, it was only a few drop but it made a lot of smoke!
 
Alex,

That's good enough for me, you've calmed my nerves!! If there's no alarm bells ringing then I'm not to worried. Obliviously I'll keep a close eye on it!

Cheers!


 
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