Thread: oil leak ?
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Old 05-15-2011, 10:26 AM   #2
Dave928
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Originally Posted by jacabean
there is oil leaking down the cover on the passenger side middle spark plug area.
there's a very good chance it is your Oil Pressure Switch. it was on mine.

it's a metal housing with a plastic insert and the metal contact runs thru that. the plastic gets hard and the oil slips out past the contact. this has been a notoriously faulty part on VW/Audi/Porsches for decades...

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