I own a 2003 A4 1.8T. Recently there have been several drops of oil under the front of the car. The underside of the car is wet but not much oil in the engine compartment.

I took a peek under the timing belt cover. There is oil everywhere in there.

What are the common leak points on this engine that would cause so much oil to leak especially under the timing belt? Crank seal? Any other sensors under the belt cover maybe? The Cam sensor maybe?

There is enough oil that I can't believe this would be a valve cover leak.

 

its probably the cam tensioner gasket.

 

^^ Could be. Cam seals, cam chain tensioner gaskets, crank seal, valve cover gasket are all common places for oil to leak from on 1.8T's

Jason

 

Well the tensioner is in the back of the motor, so it wouldn't leak into the timing belt cover... Cam seal or the valve coer gasket are tho most likely things...

 

Thanks for the replies.