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03-09-2008, 12:35 PM

dynamicav1971

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Oil smell inside car

I have an 1999 A6 with 165,000 miles that has the usual burning oil smell thru the vents inside the car. I have replaced the valve cover gaskets and cam tensioner gaskets. It sounds like it is the cam seals that need to be replaced. I am going to sell the car so is there a temp fix that I can do so that whoever test drives it won't notice it?

03-09-2008, 01:24 PM

Jeffla

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RE: Oil smell inside car

Tell them the truth. Hopefully someday you will buy a car with a known problem someone just did a quick temp fix on. My gosh.

edit: Oh ya, and welcome to the forum.

03-09-2008, 05:33 PM

Sephiroth

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RE: Oil smell inside car

nice thought *** hat. Karma will get you soon enough.

03-10-2008, 12:49 PM

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RE: Oil smell inside car

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I have an 1999 A6 with 165,000 miles that has the usual burning oil smell thru the vents inside the car. I have replaced the valve cover gaskets and cam tensioner gaskets. It sounds like it is the cam seals that need to be replaced. I am going to sell the car so is there a temp fix that I can do so that whoever test drives it won't notice it?

first class douchebag