Uncovering a MASSIVE Oil Leak on This VW Jetta - You'll NEVER Guess Why
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- I haven't seen an oil leak this big in YEARS! This 2010 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsberg Edition has a MASSIVE oil leak! What makes it even worse is it wasn't easy to find! Where was it hiding?
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I own a 07 Wolfsburg 2.5. It’s a great car. Paid it off 13 years ago. I have 255,000 miles on mine. Very easy to maintain.
That inline 5 was a sweet motor, I leased a 2013 Jetta 5 speed with the 2.5, it was smooth.
Had a 2006 Jetta with the 2.5 5cyl, was a great engine with a nice sound, wish VW would have kept using them for the non-turbo models.
Love the 2.5L
My 2011 Jetta has 180k still chugging along.
@@DaveP-uv1ml murphy's law timing apparently. Wonder if the DSG fluid had been changed periodically? Btw, wasn't sure if u meant u werent actually draining the remaining fluid at oil change time and just topping off then? That's a very very very bad idea.
Love my 2008 2.5L Rabbit. 177,000km and counting. Still looks brand new
Years ago I bought a 2000 Siverado from a coworker. He thought it needed a recharge of refrigerant, but when I hooked up the lines, the pressure gage read full, so I backed off and thought about it. I asked him when was the last time he changed the cabin air filter. He said: "what's a cabin air filter?" It actually has two filters, and both were so nasty (he was a smoker) that you could hardly see any daylight when you held it up to the sun. After replacing them the a/c blew nice and cold.
His smoking had nothing to do with the cabin air filter being clogged or dirty. The cabin air filters only filter air entering the cabin from the outside.
@alantrimble2881 if there are two, at least one of them could filter recirculated air. Many if not all vehicles have a door that closes up the outside intake air & opens a passage to the filter/s. What most non-luxury cars don't have is an air purification system. Asia auto manufacturers were kinda late in giving us those, & outside of Cadillac, Lincoln, & maybe Mercury, domestic manufacturers didn't either. It still isn't common, yet. Though, unless he smoked with the windows closed, that shouldn't have happened. More likely to be dirt roads filling it up, or wildfire smoke, if they were near that often. Cigarette tar coats a filter (or anything else) quickly, & even thin layers will cause other particulates to be attracted & bond with the tar. A base layer of glue in essence.
Confiscate his Man card.
My daughter's car had some of the a/c worked on, but blows cold air, but not as cold as before.
I changed the cabin air filter last year, worth looking at it again.
Very smart 👌 👏 👍
In the salt belt, oil on the frame is called rust proofing😂
I’ve got the exact same car in the same color. Bought used for my son 7 years ago. When he no longer needed it, my wife loved it and we kept it. 146k miles now. Only non wearable item was the secondary air box that needed replaced and timing belt (done prior to our purchase at 110k) VW re-bodied the car for the most part under the 10 year corrosion warranty 6 years ago. The put on a New trunk lid, new quarters and new fenders at zero cost to me. It Looked almost brand new when we got it back. Have done most of the suspension due to simple wear and tear. Pretty easy to car to maintain. Been a good car. Tires like to lose air when weather changes but otherwise no major issues.
Hey Mr and Mrs Wizard.. I'm the guy who awkwardly greeted you at the airport the other day. :) Thanks for the signed sticker and being so cool and down to earth!!
As someone who had a Silver 2010 Jetta 2.0T like this one, I must say that I truly like the way this car drove and handled. I had it for 7 years and it was good to me for 6 1/4 years. At the end, turbo was on the last 1/4 mile, DSG was not shifting properly even with the clutch plate was replaced 2 years prior and rust was starting to near it's face on the rear fenders. The car was never hit or repainted. I do miss the car, but it went all VW on me. So what did I do? I went and leased a new Jetta. The old saying applies: "They don't make them like they used to!" The ride and build quality feels like a 90's GM. I am glad that this could be fixed quite easily. Cheers!
I've owned 26 vehicles over the years and I'm astonished to hear that resealing a single valve cover can be a $1,000 job. I'm not likely to buy any more cars at this stage of my life, my newest car is a 2006 Lincoln Town Car, my next newest is a 2004 Chevy Avalanche Z66. I still do almost all my own maintenance and repairs, and I'm glad my vehicles are not high tech.
VW valve covers are no joke. Some even have the camshaft journal caps incorporated into them. Then there's all the fragile plastic they turned loose in the PCV/crankcase breather system. Bad Ideas all around. $$$ is a minimum, $$$$ is expected.
Last 'easy' VW valve cover I saw was my 1980's Golf non-turbo. No surprises, mostly metal & a cork cover, one crescent plug for camshaft, one orange silicone seal for the cam drive side. Think the seal kit for that engine is still $8.90 + shipping, but of course it is just SOHC 90hp, not 240.
Welcome to VW ownership.
I think this engine uses integrated cam caps in the valve cover (like modern racing engines), so removing the valve cover releases the timing. So you need to install all the cam locking tools for the (typical European) unkeyed timing to keep the engine in time I guess.
It's not a terrible design in theory. It reduces the number of parts, size & weight compared to separate cam caps or a separate cam carrier, which is good for a purpose-built racing engine. Renault and Mercedes also use this design commonly in their road car engines.
@@anthonykiedis1765 They really like to punish their owners!
I guess that VW's have changed a lot since the last one I owned a few decades ago - a beautiful 1980 Rabbit L Sunroof diesel. Of all the cars I've ever owned it was the hands down most reliable and inexpensive - other than oil and filters it never needed anything. I think it got down to 5 or 6 cents a mile INCLUDING depreciation, insurance, everything.
I used to own one of those in Europe and I loved it
Same, I had a 2013 Passat 1.6TDI and never had any problems with it. I have just moved to Canada and thought I'd get the same one here, but all the VWs I looked at were junk, so I bought myself a 2004 Yukon Denali, and I couldn't be happier, hands down the best car I have ever owned
@@kamiltwardowski3495European VWs are built to a much higher standard than the ones in North America. Just compare a B8 Euro Passat to the NMS Passat and the North American Passat will feel 15 years older. The last good VW sold in the states was the Touareg.
This is why I love Omega. No chasing fairies and throwing on needless parts playing guessing games. The data must support the repair. Then you know the money spent is guaranteed to fix the problem.
If you have a 2.5 (mine's a 2008 rabbit) ... the vacuum pump on the drivers side block is eventually going to leak oil big time... the dealer wanted $1200 to replace it, saying, we have to drop the transmission to do that. Took it to a VW shop that only works on Audi's , VW's etc... he says, we can do it for $200 , without dropping the tranny....and it only needs a new gasket...it's not broken. My go to shop from then on....
176k miles ....still going.
Yeah, have the same engine in a 2012 Jetta with same issue with vacuum pump gasket. Did it myself for $32 in 90 minutes. Much of that time was cleaning up the oil leak.
@@habbadabbado5765 You can bet that the dealer would just wipe it off once and put in the new gasket without all the extra cleaning up of the oil leak that you accomplished. 😉😊
@@jamesburns2232 you’re probably right, although I won’t know for sure because I don’t trust the dealer shops to do ANY work on my vehicles. They will either 1)screw the customer out of their money or 2) screw up something trying to do the work.
When I lived in Germany in the 90s they said if a VW/audi wasn't leaking something was wrong with it
They used to say that about British cars and motorcycles as well! 0
@csantiago6036 what do they say now?
I got a Canadian 2006 MK5 here in Montreal. MK5 Golf and Jetta's all have their Rockers rust out. The driver side rocker on mine is entirely gone. I had to put in an aftermarket on top and I have been doing an atrocious can paint job, also fixing other rust spots... but she still runs and the frame is solid.
She still runs at 390 000km because she's the 1.9 BRM TDI, but being a German american VW... it wasn't cheap to keep the maintenance in check and it's honestly not really worth it.
I got myself a 2016 Civic to replace it as it's more presentable, but I just can't sell my old Jetta so I alternate constantly. Civic for onsite work and client meetings, Jetta for my daily and risky roadtrips... given the Turbo is still original.
For a 2006, those old Jettas have a great road feel. Civic is also great but the jetta for a 2006, always surprises me. Both fantastic cars in very different ways.
Contrary to the negative comments on this car, this is one of the last good analog VWs before the build quality nosedived. Lazy owners who defer maintenance aren't the fault of VW's engineering. Not even Hondas or Toyotas survive missed oil changes.
Toyotas and Hondas are way better cars than any German made POS. I used to have 2 Audis and they were crap. Even with proper maintenance. Cheap plastic parts and poor engineering in my opinion. My neighbor had a VW and that car was always in the shop. German cars are crap!
Definitely. Haters just shoot comments beforehand even watching the video and the reason behind the leak.
Not really an analog VW at all. But they're perfectly good cars for the most part
@@stansmith4054
Were their "crap" cars made in Germany....or USA?
@@stansmith4054 The one's made in Mexico are crap. I had a 1997 VW Jetta that the floor rusted out so badly the pivot bolts were so rusted out it wouldn't past PA annual inspection so I had to junk the car after only 4 years of ownership.
Looking up parts for VW Is something else. Even if you have a number off the old part.
VW means the peoples car. The repair costs more like the bmw owners club. I owned a Passat. The minute out of warranty every 6 months to year a $3000 repair job. After 3 $3000 different repairs over 2 years, I bought a Honda, a real people’s car.
It's really an Audi
It's really an Audi
There is a dead bug above the drivers side headlight. I kept scratching at my laptop's screen thinking I had a piece of lint stuck to it.....
Great video!
LOL
Definately not the right sealant for the valve cover. The correct stuff from VW used to be a green anerobic sealant (D 154 103 A1) and it was EXPENSIVE ($100 for a tube) but they recently updated the parts catalog and now call for regular grey sealant (D 176 501 A1). I usually check the workshop manual for the correct thickness, and then cut the tip to that thickness. Maybe its overkill, but hey if I follow what the manual says I'm always certain that it went back they it should and won't leak. This 2.0T is 2 - 3mm of thickness.
bravo!!!
Looked like they used Ultra Grey.
I've been watching your videos from the start of the channel and i have to thank you for not just the great videos but the Outstanding amount of knowledge and wizdom given thru each one of how things work and look, even got my father interested in the channel since he used to be a car mechanic back in the day. Keep up the amzing work and wish you, your family and your buisness the best.
6 hours for a valve cover gasket 😢. Holy mother of God.
sounds like VW!
yup hes a ripper offer for sure
@@GlycerinZ not a 4 cylinder..he just charges as much as he can....greedy
This is not actually just a regular valve cover, it's the cylinder head cover and a crap ton needs to come off.
@@Fony_turgesonhow long does it take you to replace the valve cover gasket? Perhaps you could do a video, showing us how quickly you can do it?
Judging by the uneven wear on the tires, it looks like it could use a wheel alignment, too.
Really enjoy the videos you make Car Wizard. Always clear & concise in your explanations, very informative, great information. Keep up the excellent work!
Tires: "Who you callin' bald, sucka?"
You should post some after repair videos
Ooooh! Wolfsburg! Sounds scary!
Another Very good mechanical video. Didn't miss the interior thingy.
iirc those Wolfsburg editions are kind of “whatever VW had in the parts bin” at least here in Canada. My parents had a 2014 Golf 2.0 TDI Wagon Wolfsburg edition that for whatever reason got GTI brakes. Which meant the 15” winters the dealer sold them with the car didn’t fit even though the system said they would lol
Had a series 4 Jetta, great car, sold it with 278,000 on in in 2018, knew the person I sold it to still on road 348,000 on it now. It was over maintained.
200 hp engine in the 2,0. Goes good.
My sister was given my mom’s 2012 Jetta and shortly after she noticed a pretty big oil leak. I believe it was the brake booster pump was the cause. $2k to fix
Dave, have you ever had to dig a broken tap out of anything? I know between cars and your machining background you probably have. Lord knows I'm quite practiced in the art of broken tap removal. 😂😂😂 Everyone should know the joy.
My bet is the cam cover threads in the cylinder head are stripped.
Have Jetta 2014 tdi manual it’s the best car I’ve ever owned 206 000 miles and it’s driving like a beast never switched gear on any mountain passes love so much
My trusty 2009 Jetta TDI 1.9 was leaking some oil and it turned to be just the oil cap. What a great car it has been to me.
I drove a similar Jetta through a corn field 😂 the 2.5 was great The only downside to the car was the interior was sticky where fabric was and falling apart
I would like to be the fly on the wall when that one comes apart. Maybe another vid? Older Subaru valve cover gaskets are known leakers. I have not worked on cars (except my own) since 2002, but I hear they are still leakers. The shop I worked for had such a time with them they refused to do covers because they would still leak. After all teh shade tree work I had done over the years, and then all the schooling I got, I told them I would handle those repairs. So guys did the engine work, and I installed the valve covers. Never had one come back. NEVER. A LITTLE Ultra Grey Sealer goes a long way. The first time I did one in the shop, one of the guys told me that I would have to 'use a LOT more than that or it will leak'. I looked at him and said 'That is why. they still leak. They do not fit flat when you do that). They shook their heads and walked away. Geez, folks, don't over do it..... And use a torque wrench when you install the nuts/bolts. Even pressure does wonders.
Almost forgot to say, I was guessing that oil filter was leaking. I have had several warped ones over the years. Enough so that I put them on a flat surface and check before installing. EVERY one. Wrong this time. Oops. Good vid. Thanks.
"Wolfsburg Edition" = Hecho en Mexico
😂😂😂😂😂
High quality then
Oil sump has always been vulnerable on Passats (Jettas). They even did an ad where bank robbers using one as a getaway car drove super carefully over a speed bump. Obviously, I bashed mine - needed to be replaced.
I broke around 15 oil pans on my b5.5 passat, speed humps and low driveways caused cracks and oil leaks. Great car otherwise
Hey wizard, I’m sure you’ve probably heard the suggestion from a number of viewers in the past and I’m going to also make this suggestion because I haven’t seen you feature this particular machine in any of your videos if you have one, but I think a walnut blasting machine would be a very good investment for your shop Given the type of vehicles that you work on regularly. Yes I know they’re very expensive, but it might be something to consider because obviously the only other option is to go in there and clean the valves manually, which is very time-consuming so I guess you have to figure what is your time worth but I personally think it would be a very good investment for you guys. I know that Jonny the car ninja has one of these machines and he loves it.
That poor car was driven hard and probably has a long list of delayed or ignored maintenance and is only in the garage for repair never for preventative maintenance.
Agree - from the evidence it appears that the customer considers regular maintenance to be optional only.
@georgebettiol8338 Back in my high school and college days I had vehicles that I drove as I stole them but they always received regular maintenance and were never on bald tires!
I received a brand new Daewoo Lanos as a junior in high school as a 16th birthday gift and when it eventually died it was probably one of the highest mileage Daweoo vehicles in the United States because it had 355,000 Mi on it. It looked showroom compared to the Jetta in the video!
“That’s not from cocaine”
good to know
I would check that Engine oil separator as well. Those are well known to cause leaks where you least suspect.
It's a German engine. So there's that. A lot of them have a tendency to start leaking like a sieve shot with a 12ga when they get to 100k miles.
Valve covers are the first spot to check for leaks. Don't forget the spark plug tubes if the coils are easy to remove. The thing with oil is, it's not like coolant. It won't evaporate over time. Instead, it will dribble and accumulate all over the engine block and you'll probably smell burnt oil for a while after the leak is fixed.
I know what you mean about AC systems on today’s cars and that’s actually a good thing that it has an auto shut off feature because if it didn’t, I guarantee you that customer would’ve absolutely blown his AC compressor and probably a lot of the other AC components in the process.
Great design.... the oil pan appears to be totally non protected by any sub frame assemblies.
Gotta love imports.
Oil leak? On a 2.0 turbo? Sounds reeeeeealy familiar! (have a ‘08 Audi A3 on my hoist right now, leaking from where the oil filter cartridge housing bolts to the block).
Have a 2011 CC with same engine. Mine is leaking too, but not that bad yet. Seems like a less than perfect design. Not engineered for easy maintenance either. Thanks for exposing why it costs so much to repair.
Damn it you beat me to the rust-proofing joke😂
The Jetta GLI also gets the 2.0T
Great detective work. Hope all that oil gets cleaned up.
I’ve had a clogged pcv building excess crankcase pressure and none of that was even silicon. Only oily sludge that turned somewhat into a mud/clay. Now I run the diesel oil with extra detergents and a catch can
I own and maintain 3 vehicles with versions of that EA888, VW, Porsche and Audi ... when you went past the VVT solenoid cover (which was my guess) and then poked at the wrong sealant on the valve cover my immediate thought was $700 minimum. I use Elring EL-liq 74 ... this is one of the few times it might be cheaper to do on an Audi or Porsche because of the way the engine is mounted.
I had a 2004 GLI Jetta i loved that little car I should kept it.
In Canada we don’t fix these leaks because they act as undercoating 😂
Also…..since the valve cover holds the camshafts you need to pin the timing chain tensioner and lock the cam sprockets. If you don’t, your gonna have pull the whole front timing cover off and re-set the cam timing.
VW's new patented 'auto rustproofing' technology on display!
Leave the oil on the chassis for rust prevention
I always spill a little oil when ever I do a oil change
More is definitely not better especially when it comes to things like A/C refrigerant. I definitely agree. If you're going to mess with that you have to have a manifold gauge and know how to use it.👍
Just bought a 13 vw cc with the 2.0t. Went through oil pretty good and come to find out someone had stripped the threads on the vacuum pump causing a crappy seal. They used rtv too 😑. Did a helicoil and new gasket and good as new. 220k+ and uses no oil now. For a vw that's pretty cool 😂
Hahaha my hunch was the same! The only other car I’ve seen with the undercarriage covered in oil it was the valve cover.
Mr and Ms Wizard are the best mechanics !!!
always something!
Both my Volvos had pinhole leaks in Turbo oil supply line ... lots of oil, but no leak when parked.
Silicon Hector strikes again
I was going to say the oil-crankcase gas separator. It failed on my 2012 Volvo S60 T4 as well as the valve cover gasket that I've replaced three times...
We do those cam carrier reseals for 8 hours at the VW dealership
FYI this generation of Jetta was called a Bora in Mexico and this configuration of it not being a GLI but having the 2.0 could only be gotten if you bought the armored (bullet proof) version.
I Wonder how many miles this thing had on it to require the valve cover being off??? Car Wizard is the main reason my latest new car purchase was a 2024 Non-Turbo, Non-Hybrid, Non-CVT, Toyota Camry XSE V6.
Those were gravy
haha when i had my 97 corolla i bought some cans of refrigerant and put it in and the compressor kept shutting off. All i did was take a screwdriver and released some refrigerant and it started working again but man my a/c was ice cold like i never felt in any car. Im sure venting the refrigerant into the atmosphere probably wasn't a good idea lol and im sure it was still overfilled a bit but the compressor was staying on and my ac was freezing cold so i let it be lol.
I'm chasing an oil leak as I write. What is the product you use to improve the visibility of the leak? Thanks!
It amazes me that people try to fix the problem themselves when they don't have the knowledge to do it right.
There's information out there on how to do it but the details aren't there. The details on tolerances and volumes and specifications.
The 66 Malibu is on the ground!
Is it camera angle, or is that passenger side stabilizer bar lower link EXTREMELY close to the subframe? Is it possible the car was 'curbed' and bent something in the suspension on that side? Thus, the worn tire?
Wouldn't the self-lubricating chassis mod help keep it from rusting out?
I didn't know VW was still using the Wolfsburg name. Do they still use the Wolfsburg Crest?
I acquired a lower mileage 2008 VW rabbit a few years ago. Great driving car that doesn't need too much, but the maintenance is not inexpensive. 😲
Can't speak to super long term reliabitlity but had the regular 2010 (bought new) in Cali for 4 years. Went cross country with it and used it to move as well. The car is surprisingly practical and the interior (had the fake leather) was much nicer than it had a right to be. The one downside was the radio/sound system - it sucked. Otherwise a great car.
Sometimes there are plugs on the top side of the engine also, my 2.2 Camry has a leaking cam plug on the right side.
That's why my boss has me check out oil leaks I start from the top and work down and check everything
Hey
'03 1.8T here.
On mine it was the camshaft oil seal.
There is something to be said for buying an old Chevy with a small block. Cheap, simple, and reliable. Cheap parts for when they break. Valve cover gasket? Piece of cake. This job is $1,000 just for the 6 hours labor. Wonder what was wrong that they had to take the valve cover off before? I'm guessing there's going to be more trouble once that cover is popped off
Well said. Old generation VW easy too. I hate modern high tech cars.
For those who prefer 2-valve engines, VW did still offer the 2.0L 8-valve at the time. Indeed on the Mk3, VW still offered non-crossflow engines. Obviously VW is from Europe, where cars are taxed based on displacement (& fuel excise is high) and most people cannot afford taxes (or fuel excise) on a large displacement car like a SBC.🙂
@@TassieLorenzo MY '01 Golf (MkIV) 2.0 is just that simple 8 valve. No turbo, just a 5 speed with 188K miles that is fun to drive for a slow car.
Glad my RSX valve cover takes like 30 minutes to do
I use the R134a cans, but I use pressure gauges to.
As a BMW owner my first guess was the valve cover.
I had a 1988 Jetta 1.8 Lt. Never leaked a drop. Now carboned valves, that's a whole nother story 😂
The heading says "oil leak..you'll never guess why" and it's a tappet cover gasket, one of the most common leaks.
I have an 02' Hyundai XG350 L & I changed both valve cover seals (and spark plug "tube" seals) myself. I used some nice Viton/silicone seals from Fel-Pro or Mahle. It's been awhile so I can't remember which brand it was. It took me about 45mins for each. Which is great, since I'm no pro when it comes to working on cars. But, I have the shop manuals for my car (they didn't make a Hayne's or Chilton guide for it) & I followed it to the letter while using the correct tools the whole time. I also took my time & was methodical. Now I have a different issue... the car stalls while warming up (about ½way into getting up to temp) and can't find a cause yet. Every sensor is new & high quality, I replaced them all two years ago, and only the Neutral Safety Switch & knock sensor are old. I'm leaning towards water in the gas (issues started after a huge rain storm & I found a leak by the tank filler neck/pipe) or the shift solenoids are having issues & are locking & unlocking the torque converter while idling & in park. Still have tests to do... anybody have any ideas? 02' Hyundai XG350 L. Any help would be awesome!
The next time you have a question and answer. I would like to know what you would do. I have a 18 tundra 5.7 engine all stock. I would like to use a K N air filter, what do you think? Any good? Or leave it stock? Thank you Joe from Jersey
My 2.5 in my 2013 leaks from that spot too, also I have a valve cover bolt broken in the threads. Haven't felt like fixing it, is that bad
Wizard you are right. However, Mick Jagger said "too much is never enough..."
A VW with an oil leak? Why i have never heard of such a thing! NOT!
The question is who did it, was it another shop or DIY? Thanks for a great video.
Do you clean under off the car if you pressure wash the car after its cleans up??
Wow... 6 hours... that is more or less an entire day... good on you... fixing a sloppy job from another shop... You should call these... 'Wizard to the rescue clips'
I own a Merc C220cdi that was doing this from the oil cooler.
This is why he is the wizard
That valve cover uses an anaerobic sealer and they are known for that leak.
I hope that your daughter is having fun with her new car
This is why electric cars make sense. So many things can go wrong with a gas engine. Things like oil passages being blocked because you used a bit too much silicone and destroying the engine as a result. Things you might not even think of.
Surprise! A leaky VW valve cover!