Hey everyone....I have a 09 GTI TSI motor with 89k on the clock. I noticed about a month ago I was having small drops of oil on the passenger side, over the last 3-4 days it has gotten significantly worse but the oil that ends up on the ground is more towards the center vs the normal spot of being on the passenger side. looked around and there's oil all over, drops on the subframe bolts, drops on the bellhousing of the tranny, oil on the motor mount bracket, the left side is pretty much dry. I did not see a lot of moisture around the valve cover on the backside, did see some small pools on the top of the vc though...
I changed the chain tensioner last year used a new lower cover and I had no leaks after that, I evacuate my oil so I never touch the drain plug. it's difficult to get a good look at that side of the motor with so much crap in the way so I ordered a new upper timing cover it sounds like those are known culprits. I don't have a whole lot of experience with these motors this is the first GTI i have owned, is there anything else I should be looking at?
One thing to possibly note, I have owned the car for 2 years and this is the first winter I have driven it so it's seeing temps of below freezing now.
Sorry for the longwinded post....thanks in advance!
I changed the chain tensioner last year used a new lower cover and I had no leaks after that, I evacuate my oil so I never touch the drain plug. it's difficult to get a good look at that side of the motor with so much crap in the way so I ordered a new upper timing cover it sounds like those are known culprits. I don't have a whole lot of experience with these motors this is the first GTI i have owned, is there anything else I should be looking at?
One thing to possibly note, I have owned the car for 2 years and this is the first winter I have driven it so it's seeing temps of below freezing now.
Sorry for the longwinded post....thanks in advance!