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So i found out one day that i have an oil leak. I looked under the car and found oil all over the bottom of the engine. So there was smoking soon after i found that coming from the passenger side right near the intake. I got the valve cover gaskets replaced and a new EGR valve. The smoke comes from the passenger side of the header and almost looks like it comes from under the headers and inbetween the header pipes and the header heat shield. Somewhere in that general area though. It used to be not too bad and i dont beat it up too much. The car has 160k on it i check the oil level and its fine all the time.... what could this be? Where could the leak be coming from? Its like a blueish smoke and it comes even before i get up to full operating temp. Please help thank you.. (the picture shows where the smoke is coming from in the circled area. Most of it vomes out inbetween the intake and the engine the gap inbetween.)
You might try removing all the plastic sheet and LOOK.
Originally Posted by Alec1278
So i found out one day that i have an oil leak. I looked under the car and found oil all over the bottom of the engine. So there was smoking soon after i found that coming from the passenger side right near the intake. I got the valve cover gaskets replaced and a new EGR valve. The smoke comes from the passenger side of the header and almost looks like it comes from under the headers and inbetween the header pipes and the header heat shield. Somewhere in that general area though. It used to be not too bad and i dont beat it up too much. The car has 160k on it i check the oil level and its fine all the time.... what could this be? Where could the leak be coming from? Its like a blueish smoke and it comes even before i get up to full operating temp. Please help thank you.. (the picture shows where the smoke is coming from in the circled area. Most of it vomes out inbetween the intake and the engine the gap inbetween.)
Not to be tough on you but the picture is useless. There are a dozen sources for oil leaks there. Furthermore, just because you had the valve cover(s) (technically they're cam covers) gasket replaced doesn't mean they won't leak again due to time, improper installation or cheap aftermarket gasket, or in the case of the 2.7T bad PCV system that pressurizes the crankcase and blows oil past the gasket or camshaft seals.
If you remove all the plastic in the way and gently degrease the area (I've used various Gunk spray engine cleaners with a low pressure water flush) and use a UV tracer dye, you should be able to detect the oil leak source.
Hello, I had same problem but mine was a 3.0L. Your problem lies on the cam tensioner gasket!
Did you mean cam sensor gasket on your engine?
I know my 3.0 don't have a tensioner gasket, 2.7 and 2.8 have a different cam adjustment system with chains and other leak areas.
Bro, you helped me with my car before!! This is the thread https://www.audiworld.com/forums/a6-s6-c5-platform-discussion-7/cam-tensioner-gasket-camshaft-seals-2890240/.
So my car is a 3.0L which does not have a cam tensioner nor camshaft seals.
When you change your valve cover gasket you also need to change the tensioner gasket as well as the half moon gasket.
Please refer to this you tube link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SQtGu5-UJqA
What I meant with my reply was if you had a 2.8 or 2.7 with an oil leak in these areas the gasket or seal advice would be irrelevant, our 3.0's don't apply here.
10-19-2015, 03:12 PM
Audi a6 2.7 engine oil smoke
