Help - Catastrophic Oil Leak!
 

While moving into college earlier this week a student directing traffic had my daughter drive her TT off of a curb! This resulted in a catastrophic oil leak. She quickly shut the car down hopefully averting major damage. I plan to go there next week (three hours away) but am asking for suggestions in advance so I am better armed. Unfortunately, the belly pan is not on the car, removed by someone well before my ownership. It is a 2001 coupe, 225 hp, AMU engine.

She has taken photos but they are not very distinct, plus there is oil everywhere. It does not appear to be coming from the oil pan, but more on the passenger side front. Are there any oil lines that cross low in the front of the car that may have been snagged by the curb? She lost oil within a matter of seconds so I suspect it would be a pressurized line.

Thanks in advance for any ideas and suggestions.

Mike

Hard to really tell without actually seeing underneath the car. The only oil line I can think of that would be low in that area is the turbo oil return line, which connects to the pan.

It could also be she cracked the pan itself. They are only cast so its very easy to crack and put a hole in it.

We have pans and Oil lines available if you need anything!

Jason