ip4me

Dealer says oil drips I noticed on garage floor came from weeping intercooler hoses. I was told that the amount of oil in the hoses was "within Audi specs," whatever they are. They cleaned the hoses and said to come back if it drips again.

Can anyone tell me how this oil ends up in the intercooler hoses on our cars - turbos/oil vent/other? What amount is cause for concern?

Hy Octane

I'd ask them to show you the paper where it shows "Audi Specs" for this problem.

LIRS6

I once found oil on my garage floor - DRC failure!

ub2slw

have them check that the pcv is venting properly...are you chipped?

ip4me

I'm stock.

ub2slw

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/85119/img_0035.jpg"></center><p>You can see the oil dripping down...if you took the upper intake pipe off you'd also find an accumulation of oil in there too...with 5 years there's going to be a buildup...Keep and eye on your oil level, if you're burning excessive amounts of oil then it may be an oil seal from the turbo dumping oil in the intake system.

ub2slw

it'd fall under the 1qt per 1,000 miles....."Spec"

Hy Octane

when they repair it wrong and say 'well, its within Audi specs".. when you ask further, they really dont have any specs they can pull up.. its a seat o the pants call by the presiding tech.. One thing I have learned with these cars, you have to call them out on everything..