Originally Posted by
AK83
Maybe uncommon, but not unheard of.
I had an XF Falcon same problem, not plastic IIRC, and also one of my earliest cars, can't recall exactly but it was either the Mini(72) or one of my first P6B's same issue.
Falcon was the most annoying out driving whilst at work.
My Tdi OPS leaked like a sieve too, but not enough to spill the engines guts out, just annoying constant large drips. I gooped it up with some orange coloured Permatex stuff, held for a few months.
Then of course on the Tdi, oil retaining things start to fail in procession .. oil cooler thermostat o ring, then vacuum pump core plug(orange good still holding OK) ... I got about about 18 months of respite, and finally the front main.
As loanrangie said, tdi doesn't have any way to stop motor if oil pressure fails.
yep, my TDi was similar.
And, yeah, no 'oilsafe' on a TDi unless the OP had an aftermarket thing fitted.
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