Oil Leak
I get my car today for the weekend from its storage spot off campus and everything seems fine just as usual, didn't notice anything odd. I drove about 30 mins or so since it was real nice out and didn't notice anything strange. I get back to my dorm and park it and notice 3 or 4 drops of oil from where I backed into my spot. I look under the car and there is about a 2-3inch spot of oil that appears to be coming off the belly pan/subframe on the passenger side. So I check engine oil, not low. I Look around the engine bay and don't see any oil directly coming from the block. No leaks from when I parked it on Sunday 
It looks like its coming from under the right axle area and there is an oil spray covering the heat shield right before the flexpipe and that area. I cant quite tell if its engine oil but its a medium/dark brown and is fairly thin.
I dont have access to ramps or a jack other than the one that comes with the car and I'm about 200 miles from my tools at home. Closest VW dealer is about 40mins away and closest Audi dealer is an hour. There is a Mercedes dealer about 20mins away.
Any suggestions as to what it might be? I'll try to take pics tomorrow but was hoping someone might know off hand. It would be tough to do it but I could get it flatbedded to the Audi dealer early this week.

It looks like its coming from under the right axle area and there is an oil spray covering the heat shield right before the flexpipe and that area. I cant quite tell if its engine oil but its a medium/dark brown and is fairly thin.
I dont have access to ramps or a jack other than the one that comes with the car and I'm about 200 miles from my tools at home. Closest VW dealer is about 40mins away and closest Audi dealer is an hour. There is a Mercedes dealer about 20mins away.
Any suggestions as to what it might be? I'll try to take pics tomorrow but was hoping someone might know off hand. It would be tough to do it but I could get it flatbedded to the Audi dealer early this week.
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Apr 28, 2012 04:57 PM




