Goldsnape

Hi all, **update** sorry I haven’t replied back on this, so got the car back in early Jan 2024 with a replacement engine, clutch and dual mass fly wheel (as was easy to change during the engine change) and now runs and drives like a dream. the guys at the garage didn’t really investigate the original engine anymore, so sadly it remains a mystery as to how it got like that. just happy to have the car back and fully working, we are now mid March and all is well with the replacement engine now fully settled in. cheers Paul

I will try and get a pic of the bolts when I next go down to the garage

They said exactly the same as you, and have been showing all of the other garages on the trading estate out of amazement lol it was an oil leak that was visible as it was all over my drive, and leaving little drops everywhere I drove, it was going through about a litre a week ive had the car a year and it’s done 140k miles, the garage are that intrigued they are going strip the engine right down once it’s out to see what’s actually got on, so far they have only took the sump off and found that. during the oil leak though the car ran as sweet as a nut, with the garage finding nothing wrong with it.

Had trouble with a slow oil leak for weeks on my 8p 2012 1.6 TDI Audi A3. My local garage couldn’t find this leak, as when ran on the ramp for over 6hrs there was not a drop, even running it at 2000rpm for 2 of those hours. The engine still ran perfectly. Last week, suddenly my engine had no oil pressure, and bearly ran, therefore got it back into the garage, and when they took the sump off they found a crank main bearing cap in the sump, along with the bearing, which had been rubbing against the oil pump belt, causing fibers to come off it and block up the oil pump pick up, resulting in no oil pressure. the garage is absolutely confused as to how a crank main bearing end cap found its way into the sump as they have never ever seen that before. One of the Bolts that held the bearing cap was also found in the sump sheared. now looking at a an engine change for the car, but wondering if anyone has any idea how this could even happen? Thanks Paul