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R56 Oil Leak

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Old Jul 22, 2018 | 02:18 PM
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R56 Oil Leak

Hi,

bought a 2009 R56 last week and in the past few days I have noticed that there is a small leak under the car. Usually after any length of journey the car smells quite badly too (like burning).

I have also uploaded a video of the leak to YouTube, which is much cleare.





any ideas?
 
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Old Jul 22, 2018 | 02:31 PM
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The video shows water dripping from the ac drainage tube (normal with ac or defrost on or run recently).
If you’re smelling burning oil it must be somewhere else.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2018 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by cristo
The video shows water dripping from the ac drainage tube (normal with ac or defrost on or run recently).
If you’re smelling burning oil it must be somewhere else.
cheers, nothing to worry about then.. apart from the smell. It had been sitting for while before I bought it so it could be because of that.
 
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