It just started today around 8pm, i didn't hit anything, didn't mess with the drain plug. it just started leaking crazy, alrealy use a quart of oil. anybody has any suggestions on a possible cause? let me know before taking to the shop.

 

its a 99 1.8T auto quattro

 

where's it leaking from?

 

i dont know, i see oil every where.

 

Use one of your best tools - your eyes - and try to figure something out. We need at least a general idea of where it's coming from. There are tons of different seals that can leak. The oil cooler and turbo (and the lines to/from the turbo) are some places that could leak a lot of oil fast. I hope none of your oil goes down the back of your engine, or if that would mess with an automatic as much as it does with a manual. Oily clutch = not good. Oily TC = ?

 

Maybe try and clean some of it up, then put newspaper under the car and see where the most oil seems to be coming from.

 

its coming from around the oil filter area. i cleaned up the motor and with in a few minutes i spotted the leak. i was to to get it fixed was going to be around $150, which isn't too bad, and i also need a new belt tensioner

 

oil cooler? tensioner for what belt?

 

the oil O ring