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does anyones car leak oil from the engine oil cap?!

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Old 02-28-2003, 09:28 PM
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does anyones car leak oil from the engine oil cap?!
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Sure its not dribble from when oil was poured in? Could just need a new cap. Mine doesn't.
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very sure. did oil change a long time ago.
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Default Make sure the crankcase ventilation is working

Otherwise pressure might build up and push some oil out of the filler cap.
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Default yes, every VW based product I've owned does it after a few years

I keep an extra oil cap around for the eventuallity. They cost like $6 bucks but I've seen some people post that you can just replace the gasket for a buck or so. There's a lot of splashing up there under high RPM.
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