HorschA4

The dealer told me that I have oil leaks around the camadjuster seals and valve cover gasket of my 2004 A4 with 94K miles. I'm puzzled because I replaced the seals/gasket just over one year ago (16K miles ago). Is it normal to have them wear out so quickly?

lyleswk

Not unless the wrong sealant was used. Did you tell the dealer about the recent replacement? Also, are you smelling oil or using too much oil?

MikekiM@PureMS

If you have a bad PCV system then you could be building excessive pressures which are causing the gaskets to fail early.

HorschA4

I've noticed a brief smell of burning oil several times in the last month or so. I don't thinking the engine has been using too much oil.

lyleswk

If you smell oil, then your gasket is probably bad. So the question is why. It was either installed improperly a year ago or as Mike suggestes, there is something causing higher than normal pressure. That is where you need to do some more work to figure out what is going on.

tartar

It could be your crankcase breather hose. Read more about it here...

http://www.blauparts.com/audi/audi_b...ase_hose.shtml

I'm about to tackle this project myself today on my 2000 A6 with 127,000 miles. I only got the outer and inner gaskets without the cam/tensioner seals. I'm hoping that it fixes my oil leak. If not, I'll have to replace those parts as well.

Good luck with yours!

blueQ

Yesterday the valve cover gasket and cam adjuster seal were replaced. Today it took 4 tries to start the car. The engine stumbled and lost power a few times and the MIL is on steady now. How much of the ignition system gets touched when replacing this gasket and seal?

lyleswk

Lot's of stuff is removed for the ignition and vacuum systems. Take it back...