tehA8PIMP

<center><img src="http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h24/blusilvr/IMG00002.jpg"></center><p>Locating the leak was easy. 45 minutes later, she has been saved! 7 buuck oil pressure sensor!

theraudi1

mine did the same last year. Oil all inside the alternator, too :/

CalG

My engine leaks in the same area, but there is nothing on the alternator, only the hot exhaust smell, and accumulation on the belly pan.

recently I pulled the air box to get a good look at the sender, though grungy there was no evidence of significant oil passing in that area. None at all down the engine block etc. Unless the leakage would drop freely to lower regions, I could not find a fault.

I thought I would be able to see if the oil to water exchanger was at fault, but my probing was unrewarded.

I need to be under and above at the same moment.

Ideas?

CalG

theraudi1

it got worse and started to gush! I mean I lost about a quart in two days!!! Lots o' smell too. It was slighty leaking for about 1 -2 months, then went to "super-soaker" mode Check the wires in the area. Oil can run down them and seem to leak from different places.

Good luck!

Jkay

Oil pressure sending unit was the first leak on my A8. Very common.

Always Overcharged

changed mine last year-common as mud

teppi

Two years ago. i was lucky too.

Matthew Baldry

It went on the way back from the A1 Grand Prix at Brands Hatch (UK)

Ross:D

And is it something we should replace as preventative maintenance? Might be worth it after a certain age/mileage.

tehA8PIMP

Yup, caught a wiff at 80mph, pulled over to gas up, smoke was pouring out of hood and wheelwells. Managed about 10 miles to home, oil slick everywhere.