ok ill make this quick. oil leak is on the drivers side and is either coming from the valve cover gasket or the intake manifold gasket. can i even have a oil leak from the intake manifold? And one more side question one og my hid xenon headlights goes on for five min and then flickers and goes out, ballast? pretty sure its ballast but wanted to make sure before i buy new ones. Thanks everyone in advance.
-sean

 

There is no oil in your intake manifold, that is unless your pcv is bad and you dont have a catch can. Its most likely a valve cover gasket or a tear in one of your pcv lines. Check both and replace what is bad.

 

thanks cincy, the pcv lines, associated with the L shaped tube under the intake manifold right? i think it might be those, u have a link to replacement lines online for that entire area.

 

Keep in mind, that you may have oil in your intake manifold from your turbo leaking oil. Check your turbo but more times then none, i would bet on the valve cover gaskets!

how many miles and what motor?

 

Keep in mind, that you may have oil in your intake manifold from your turbo leaking oil. Check your turbo but more times then none, i would bet on the valve cover gaskets!

how many miles and what motor?

 

AEB



ATW

 

cincy you have too many right answers! u dam know it all!

 

my car is a 2000 with an atw i believe , oh and 1.8t. 100k on car and motor.

 

You are on the bottom. If you find a bad hose, let me know what # and i can grab the part #.

 

Check your oil filter housing sometimes the o-ring goes bad. Easy fix just remove the filter then the nut on the screw which the filter screws onto. it should slide out the ring dries up and cracks its a few bucks really cheap. If you look at cincytt second diagram with the valve cover its number 1