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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 08:50 AM
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Default Oil covering underside of the car and back bumper ?

What is this a sign of ?
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 09:14 AM
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something is leaking !!!!

seriously though, can you tell what the fluid might be ? have any spots on concrete after sitting for a while ?
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Either something is leaking, or the motor is using oil.

Friend of mind with a 2000 WS6 told me yesterday that he had to have his rear main seal replaced a couple days ago. Same situation...got the car up in the air and had oil covering the majority of the bottom of the car...

From personal experience, I've had oil on the back bumper of mine before due to the motor consuming it. However, that was a result of rocker bolts not being properly sealed (threads extended into the ported runners). Once they were sealed up, consumption and the presence of oil essentially went away.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 09:24 AM
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Dpends on how far up toward the front of the car the oil is. If it's that bad i'd suspect either a rear man seal, or a walked crank pully. Oil under the car towards the front would not indicate oil useage. If it was only under the car in the back and on the back bumper, then yes it could be oil useage because it'd be coming out the tail pipes.
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you sure its oil and not trans fluid? i had a similar problem and it turned out to be a leaking input seal and the back of the trans.. hard to tell the diffrerence between ATF and oil because they both get all dirty when slung around under the car..
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Hows your oil consumption? How much does it go through? Need specifics
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