toothofwar
Autocross Champion
- Location
- KY
- Car(s)
- 2018 Golf R
A little back story before I get to the main event.
2 days ago I received my draggy in the mail. So a short trip to mexico later I had some good data I needed for a long time now. I did 4 runs, so 4 launches. It was cold out, but I did attempt To heat the tires up first. Lots of wheel hop on the first 2 pulls.
Fast forward to yesterday. Go to start the car up to run some errands, and for a split second it sounded like a rod was knocking hard. My heart stopped. Wife shot me a look that could kill. I shut the car off and look under the car. The lower bracket to my Unitronic DP Had popped out of the rubber boots and was banging on the bracket. So off to my buddy's house.
I pull the car up on his ramps to fix the bracket and get scared again... this time for real. Oil was everywhere. The oil pan gasket has failed. I've lost over a half a quart. Upon further examination oil has seeped out from around the oil filter housing, oil fill cap, and dipstick area. So coming from old N/A motors, I'm thinking massive blow by. So I start the car and pull the oil fill cap off. Revs jump to 2k and bounce from there to 1.5k. Hard vaccuum under the cap.
So now I'm at a crossroads. I'll be calling the dealer first to see if I can get it fixed under warranty since the car just clicked over 20k miles. If not (I purchased the car non cpo knowing it was tuned. Fully expect warranty not to do anything) I have 3 options.
1. Find a gasket for the plastic oil pan.
2. Do a steel pan upgrade With gasket.
3. Do an aluminum pan upgrade with gasket.
Has anyone had this issue before? There is zero damage to the oil pan or any surrounding area. Everything looks new other than covered in oil. Sorry for the rambling. Just a little lost right now.
2 days ago I received my draggy in the mail. So a short trip to mexico later I had some good data I needed for a long time now. I did 4 runs, so 4 launches. It was cold out, but I did attempt To heat the tires up first. Lots of wheel hop on the first 2 pulls.
Fast forward to yesterday. Go to start the car up to run some errands, and for a split second it sounded like a rod was knocking hard. My heart stopped. Wife shot me a look that could kill. I shut the car off and look under the car. The lower bracket to my Unitronic DP Had popped out of the rubber boots and was banging on the bracket. So off to my buddy's house.
I pull the car up on his ramps to fix the bracket and get scared again... this time for real. Oil was everywhere. The oil pan gasket has failed. I've lost over a half a quart. Upon further examination oil has seeped out from around the oil filter housing, oil fill cap, and dipstick area. So coming from old N/A motors, I'm thinking massive blow by. So I start the car and pull the oil fill cap off. Revs jump to 2k and bounce from there to 1.5k. Hard vaccuum under the cap.
So now I'm at a crossroads. I'll be calling the dealer first to see if I can get it fixed under warranty since the car just clicked over 20k miles. If not (I purchased the car non cpo knowing it was tuned. Fully expect warranty not to do anything) I have 3 options.
1. Find a gasket for the plastic oil pan.
2. Do a steel pan upgrade With gasket.
3. Do an aluminum pan upgrade with gasket.
Has anyone had this issue before? There is zero damage to the oil pan or any surrounding area. Everything looks new other than covered in oil. Sorry for the rambling. Just a little lost right now.
