25-12-2012, 11:06 PM
Only going on my experience with blowing the golf exhaust oil seal - the oil came out everywhere, the cat was loose so came.out there but also out the tail pipe and up the bumper a bit.
However there was no odd noise, just a tonne of smoke everywhere while driving. Cold starts with it blown weren't actually that smokey, I guess idling from cold there isn't enough heat in the turbo/exhast to burn the oil.
And it doesn't necessarily empty oil quickly, I did a good 15 miles with smoke billowing out and didn't actually lose much oil, considering how bad it looked anyway. It was only about half a litre, max to min on the dipstick.
So I reckon you're right with that tbh, doesn't take long to whip off the exhaust nuts and check anyway.
However there was no odd noise, just a tonne of smoke everywhere while driving. Cold starts with it blown weren't actually that smokey, I guess idling from cold there isn't enough heat in the turbo/exhast to burn the oil.
And it doesn't necessarily empty oil quickly, I did a good 15 miles with smoke billowing out and didn't actually lose much oil, considering how bad it looked anyway. It was only about half a litre, max to min on the dipstick.
So I reckon you're right with that tbh, doesn't take long to whip off the exhaust nuts and check anyway.