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Re: [clubgti] Oil Smell



How would it find its way into the vents though. The firewall is there and 
has a rubber strip to seal it off.

A missing grommet perhaps?

Andy


>From: Scott Cooper <scottc@pdmailhost.marconicomms.com>
>To: Andy Holmes <scalainj@hotmail.com>
>CC: clubgti@yahoogroups.com, GolfGTI@yahoogroups.com, 
>scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: [clubgti] Oil Smell
>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:19:59 +0100
>
>My golf was doing that, was a leak from the rocker gasket running down
>the back onto the exhaust manifold.
>
>Scott!
>
>Andy Holmes wrote:
> >
> > Why would i get the smell of hot oil coming in through the vents when 
>the
> > car is hot. No apparent leaks and the level remains fairly constant. It 
>only
> > seems to happen after 1/2 hour of so of driving and its quite faint.
> >
> > Is is something to worry about?
> >
> > Andy
> > 91 Scirocco Scala
> > 
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