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Welcome Chris, Odd! What mileage has it done incidentally? I don’t think anyone on here will be able to advise you on whether to spend on this or not, without being privy to your financial situation, and the overall condition of the car. If it’s a fix-it-to-sell-it situation, then why not try another fuel pump to see if that will pump under the current lobe wear? Kind regards, Gareth.

Welcome Ryan, When you say you replaced the fuel sender unit, are you meaning the in-tank fuel pump? If so, new ( what brand?) or secondhand?

Hello Angela, It looks like you are dismissing requests for an update on the previous question about your oil leak, yet in preference asking for advice on another matter. Regards, Gareth.

Hello Lee, Best to send the OP a PM, since he hasn’t been back to the forum for over a year. Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks Barney. North Wales and $? Note:- I’ve altered the title wording in case anyone understandably confuses this with a well known bank.

Try Parts in Motion at Exeter. You will find them on EBay as well as their website. Perhaps you would let us know how prices compare with ECP. Any good reason for buying from ECP?

Many thanks Larry, I did notice a new set for much the same price, but in Germany - with c£15 postage - in case it would not be possible to find secondhand ones. Kind regards, Gareth.

Wondering whether you have an update for us Angela-? Kind regards, Gareth.

Coming back to us Dean?

Always worth inspecting the wiring in the flexible harness section between body and tailgate/boot. Wires are prone to fraction at this point. Perhaps you could let us know if that is the culprit or can be eliminated. Kind regards, Gareth.

Any of this any help to you Russell?

Could you give us the EBay listing number Larry please?

Try LLL Parts website Russell. Perhaps you could let us know how you get on. Kind regards, Gareth.

You can send a Personal Message the original poster Roni. Hopefully he will reply, and you can then let us know. Kind regards, Gareth.

Welcome Dean, and thanks for joining. Has this just happened, or have you only just bought the car? Sounds as if it may have had a new window winder mechanism fitted. Some of the cheap ones may give rise to this misalignment. Any garage or bodyshop should be able to look at this. Perhaps you could come back to us. Kind regards, Gareth. P

Welcome Edward. Any TT owners able to throw some light on this for Edward? Many thanks, Gareth.

Many thanks Angela, So the objective is not to continue using and enjoying the car with its oil leak (incidentally I cannot see any evidence of a stain in the photo I’m looking at), but to get this oil leak permanently eliminated. Is this correct - as an objective? As has been pointed out, the offending seal costs comparative peanuts, but the labour to renew it is going to cost you £1000s of pounds - if you can find anyone interested in actually doing it! Add to that, the likelihood that it will leak again within say a couple of years is relatively high - as again explained. I may be coming over as being pedantic ( but I’m otherwise struggling to help), but could you place a small container under the leak site and send us a photo of what you collect over a set period of standing time. It maybe significant, but I still don’t know. Saying it as I see it, you do seem hell bent on fixing this leak, rather than living with it in comparative slightly-inconvenienced harmony, and if you have many thousands of £s to throw at it, and can find someone who will agree with your logic on the economics, in appreciation that it is more likely to be a temporary fix, then who has right to contradict what you want to do? Who would buy it as it is? Really don’t know until, you quantify the extent of the leak. Sorry about this Angela but I think anyone trying to follow this thread is likely to be in the dark about how bad this leak really is. Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks for the comments Daniel - technical and personal. I’m glad you now have it sorted, and sorry to hear advice on here has been fruitless. I take it you are therefore unlikely to return, so in case that’s right, I wish you luck with getting any future issues sorted. Kind regards, Gareth. p.s. Any particular reason for signing in with a new user name!

Thanks Angela, Apologies but I’m a little lost with this - I think! So is the cam cover gasket still leaking. You suggest it is. ‘Leak about the size of inside hand’? Can we keep this simple and direct? Are there drips, or just an oil stain. If we revert to ‘….inside of hand’ are you describing an amount of oil that can be collected in the cupped palm of your hand? If so, over what period? ‘Thinking of getting this fixed’. I’m certainly echoing what you appear to have been told/read elsewhere, and what Cliff points out:- it’s likely the freedom from a leak at this point after repair will be short lived, since at that mileage the crankshaft bearings - and particularly the thrust bearings will be showing wear and the shaft will then be putting a significantly increased ‘load’ on this new seal. Sorry Angela, it could be me, but the description of severity and extent of this leak leaves me still uncertain of how bad it actually is, and whether if you don’t overly mind a bit of stain on the drive, and are prepared to get the engine cleaned pre MOT, is there a significant issue with this well used car? Kind regards, Gareth.

Welcome Angela and thanks for joining. Sorry to hear of your plight. The important piece of missing information is - how severe is this leak, and what inconvenience is it actually causing you, that makes it difficult to live with? If it’s the rear crankshaft seal then it’s either gearbox (automatic?) out, or engine out to fix this. Is the leak bad enough to result in an MOT failure, or has it been previously listed as an Advisory? If you can live with it between MOTs, then you could consider getting the offending area cleaned just prior to MOT and hope you get away with it - which you may well do, unless it’s a drip. There are so called ‘Stop Leak’ products on the market, which you add to the engine oil. Personally, I don’t favour them since they effectively ‘attack’ the rubber of the seal, and will affect other engine seals. I suppose it all boils down to:- Severity of leak? When MOT due? How long do you intend to keep it? I think you already appreciate that fixing it would be an uneconomical process with a car of this age, unless it is a low mileage/ superb in all other respects - example. Perhaps you could colour in the detail and let us have your thoughts Angela. Kind regards, Gareth.

Understand Johnny, I favour Febi, and tend to buy ( mail order) from Parts in Motion at Exeter. Worth trying their website, but they frequently list on EBay as well, so you could also check there. There will be other EBay sellers you can then compare prices with. Kind regards, Gareth.

Bit late now Jonathan, but I believe your hub also contains the built-in sender for the ABS sensor to sense - hence likely to need to renew the hub (and bearing) before the bearing wears out. As I understood it (well with my earlier one) the difference in price between a new hub with bearing was not that much more than buying a bearing. What make did you go with after and where did you buy it? Kind regards, Gareth.

Many thanks Jonathan, Can we take it you are renewing the hub assembly rather than putting a new bearing in the existing hub? Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks Pete, but we don’t do ‘Offers’ on here, since it just results in you and forum members being messed around, so an answer to Cliff’s question will be necessary. Perhaps you can attend to that for us. Thanks and kind regards, Gareth.

You know it makes sense - as Dell Boy used to say!