Hello Everybody!.. Ive been a lurker for a very long time and I love this forum. Ive used the search button a lot, so bear with me folks.
I have an 03 1.8 A4 5spd that I have a love hate relationship with.. I just turned my car in today to get an oil leak and my timing belt taken care of. I know that the valve cover gasket is bad but its a 2nd oil leak under my car that has me worried. I recently found an oil leak under my car when I was getting an oil change. I was told it might be a bad cam shaft seal which is common...at least thats what I was told. So I started thinking about the oil leak....My car is lowered...and a few times I did not go slow enough over a speed bump...and BAm I would hear my car smack on the top of the speed bump... Now im thinking maybe this had something to do with my oil leak?? Im pretty nervous about it. I just hope they find a bad seal and fix it.

Am i Over reacting??

Thank you for your comments...

 

ok heres my 2 cents.

if your car i low enough to be scraping. if your leak was caused by scraping the first thing to be damaged would be your oil pan. which before lowering is like 5 inches off the ground.
and if that was the case you would most likely have an oil pressure warning light screaming at you in the cabin.

secondly. i had a minor oil leak coming from under my car, and my oil pick up tube was loose. so check that maybe

but i think your pretty golden with you camshaft seal hypothesis. it wont kill your car. but it is annoying and you should probably fix it,

hope that helps

 

Thanks for your input. I saw where the oil leak was comming from...and it was a bit south of the oil pan... Im not a car guy so I don't know the name of the part that was leaking...The part was pretty big, circular in size... I find out tommorow when they call me if they fixed the oil leak or not....My car is actually not that lowered....I just remember on 2 or 3 occasions when i went over a speed bump that if I didnt go slow enough..my car would land on top of the speed bump and BOOM i would hear a big noise...anyhow I got my fingers crossed and i hope everything falls under budget....I hate surprises when it comes to my car...