Big oil leak on turbo feed lines

[silvermiles]

Hey Everyone, I've got a 2013 S8 with about 160k on the clock. I picked it up about 6 months ago and fixed a few things. I love the car!

I noticed oil on the ground under the front of the car. It looks like the oil feed lines on the top of the turbos are leaking from the top of the turbo, into the "V" and then down the front of the engine to the ground.

It seems like the issue is the o-rings on the turbo oil feed lines. I'm assuming I basically need to get to the inside of the V to remove the lines to change the o-ring, so I should just get an Oil Strainer kit and do the air/oil separator at the same time, since I don't want to go back in there.

It seems like there is leaking from both turbos, but primarily the driver's side. After searching, it seems like doing the oil strainer TSB contains all the parts needed, including the o-rings for these turbo oil feed lines.

There is this kit from ECS : oil-separator-service-kit-level-2

Is this the right way to go, or is there something better? It looks like it comes with everythings, so I wont get halfway back together and realize there's missing clamps or other stuff.

While engine is not running:


While engine is Running:


Inside the V:

[a4000]

Can't you just take it to Audi for the strainer recall and get it all done for free?

[Burkeomatic]

Should be able to. I have the part numbers rattling around for those seals somewhere. You could probably get at the top ones just fine. The bottom ones would involve turbo removal.

They might be overflowing because your strainer is clogged too. Do what was stated above and get that strainer recall done.