Any novel ways of diagnosing oil leaks?

[vwscir88@hotmail.com (The Hitman)]

nothing that high tech, but what i do is steam clean the area real well then 
start the motor up and see where the drips start to come from.



So Sayeth The Hitman
'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
'91 passat gl "the green hell"
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>From: Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Any novel ways of diagnosing oil leaks?
>Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:19:32 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>I was just curious if modern science has come up with a way for 
>facilitating oil leak identification.
>
>I've had this annoying little leak ever since I put the 9A in and I figured 
>I might as well fix it when I have the engine out to transfer it to the 
>cabby. But last time I looked I couldn't pinpoint it. My first guesses are 
>the oil filter mount area or the oil pan.
>
>Is there anything that can be dropped in the oil to make it fluoresce? I 
>have access to a high wattage UV lamp...
>
>Anything?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Jeff
>
>
>
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