Oil leak behind Engine/by EGR Cooler

jimmyto

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Oshawa
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Passat TDI CKRA 2013 380 000 km
Hi,

It's been a long time since I posted here. My 2013 Passat TDI now has 380k kms. It's been leaking oil for some time so I decided to fix it. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where the leak is possible coming from? I don't have a check engine light related to EGR. The leak appears to be coming from somewhere near or at EGR cooler. Thank you.


 

AverageAndy

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Phoenix, AZ
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2013 Passat TDI SEL, 2013 Golf TDI 6MT, 2013 Jetta TDI 6MT (R.I.P.)
Let me know what you find. I have a leak in that area as well, which I am attributing to a leaky valve cover -just haven't had time to replace it yet (have all the parts). I did check around the cam seal, as these are known to fail, but it looked good.
 

jimmyto

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Passat TDI CKRA 2013 380 000 km
After careful analysis, I am concluding that the oil leak is coming from a leaky valve cover. It leaks down the engine wall, bracket to DPF and into the EGR cooler as well. I also discovered a leaky exhaust egr pipe in the process.

Things to do....leaky valve cover + leaky EGR pipe exhaust + timing belt + leaky DEF at injector/line.....seriously considering delete....




 

jimmyto

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Joined
Nov 3, 2006
Location
Oshawa
TDI
Passat TDI CKRA 2013 380 000 km
Let me know what you find. I have a leak in that area as well, which I am attributing to a leaky valve cover -just haven't had time to replace it yet (have all the parts). I did check around the cam seal, as these are known to fail, but it looked good.
Changed the valve cover gasket this past week. No oil leaks anymore. Car would leak oil right away before fix.
 
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