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historylme · 01:43 PM

It is from my 1996 Jetta

It's leaking oil and I need to change it, but I don't know what it's called. There's a guy that told me, but he only knows the name in Spanish.

so, after searching around web, I finally ask you guys since there are a lot of car buffs here.

cheers in advance.

EDIT: It's the piece in the center of the red square with larger version on the side. It has a black cover on it. On the side bottom photo, I pulled that cover up.

TurboMac · Nov 10, 2005, 01:05 PM

It looks like you are pointing the exhaust manafold. If it is leaking oil your are in trouble!!!!!

residentEvil · Nov 10, 2005, 01:05 PM

I don't know, but I'm sure you could print that photo off and go to a parts store and they would tell you.

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 10, 2005, 01:13 PM

Looks like the PCV valve or some other emissions thingie. Something along those lines. I wouldn't worry about it unless it's literally gushing out. Get it fixed though.

KeriVit · Nov 10, 2005, 01:16 PM

There are a few things in that pic- which one did he point to?

historylme · Nov 10, 2005, 01:18 PM

The photos to the side are closer version. And yeah, I should have printed the photo, but I wanted to order the part. I'll guess I do that next.

residentEvil · Nov 10, 2005, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by history1me

The photos to the side are closer version. And yeah, I should have printed the photo, but I wanted to order the part. I'll guess I do that next.

Ah, okay. There are 3 parts stores within 1/2 mile of my house, so I'm spoiled and don't think to order car parts. I just point and say give me (i'm so not a car person) if it is something I can figure out. I'm set up for woodworking, not mechanics.

euphras · Nov 10, 2005, 01:24 PM

Looks like a lambda probe to me...

and yes, like TurboMac wrote: if the exhaust leaks oil then your motor runs into trouble (head gasket...)

residentEvil · Nov 10, 2005, 01:26 PM

lambda lambda lambda and the omega moos?

euphras · Nov 10, 2005, 01:30 PM

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residentEvil · Nov 10, 2005, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by euphras

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Uhm, Revenge of the Nerds. name the nerd frat (lambda lambda lambda) and their counter nerd sorority...omega moos

acadian · Nov 10, 2005, 01:37 PM

Looks like an O2 sensor to me.

euphras · Nov 10, 2005, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by acadian

Looks like an O2 sensor to me.

Lambda probe (=sensor) equals O2 sensor

historylme · Nov 10, 2005, 02:08 PM

So, it's called an O2 sensor ?

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 10, 2005, 02:17 PM

Why would an O2 sensor leak oil?

residentEvil · Nov 10, 2005, 02:19 PM

If this is what you are having problems with: http://www.car-stuff.com/vwoxygensensor.htm compared with this photo and yours? Yeah...why would oil be coming out of it?

SuvsareRetarded · Nov 10, 2005, 02:21 PM

I still say its a PCV valve, positive crankcase ventilation, or sometihng along those lines. They get nice and oily and if they get plugged up they can cause problems and they sometimes leak a bit around where they're attached. Whatever. Take better pics dude.

acadian · Nov 10, 2005, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by history1me

So, it's called an O2 sensor ?

Yes, that is what it is called.

historylme · Nov 10, 2005, 02:28 PM

how's this.

acadian · Nov 10, 2005, 02:30 PM

Oh sh**, my bad dude. I just looked closer (and should know considering the amount of VW's I've owned)...but that looks to be attached to your cooling system and you might be mistaking what's coming out of it as oil when it really is not. If this is the case it might just well be the temperature fan switch based on where it's located and what it is attached to......

....takes second look.....

yup, judging by the greenish corrosion on the clamp coming out below (coolant hose clamp) it's the cooling system, and that is the temperature fan switch. Has the car been running hot?

historylme · Nov 10, 2005, 02:36 PM

I don't think so. Although it has been leaking what seems to be oil ? And I did have an issue with coolant last week, where it didn't have any (i'm really a n00b when it comes to cars).

besson3c · Nov 10, 2005, 02:39 PM

My SUV never leaks oil.. And, i get 80 MPG.

acadian · Nov 10, 2005, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by history1me

I don't think so. Although it has been leaking what seems to oil tough? And I did have an issue with coolant last week, where it didn't have any.

That's a problem. What colour is whatever is leaking out? When you say it did not have any do you literally mean NONE or just really low?

historylme · Nov 10, 2005, 02:41 PM

Really low

acadian · Nov 10, 2005, 02:42 PM

Does your temperature guage in the car work and does your fan come on when the car has been running for a while?

historylme · Nov 10, 2005, 03:13 PM

yeah

historylme · Nov 10, 2005, 03:16 PM

I guess I should just call the mechanic and schedule a large bill (meaning I'll be paying for it).

Doofy · Nov 10, 2005, 03:32 PM

History1me: Until you get it fixed, be on the safe side and flip your ciggie butts out of the window, well away from your own vehicle. And don't turn on anything which may create a spark (and thus cause a fire), like turn signals for example.

historylme · Nov 10, 2005, 03:45 PM

wow

Oisín · Nov 10, 2005, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

And don't turn on anything which may create a spark (and thus cause a fire), like turn signals for example.

... or the engine ...

memento · Nov 10, 2005, 05:22 PM

It looks to me like the oil temperature probe/sensor. Classic VW looking. Is it an auto or 5 speed? If it's auto, then it could be transmission fluid temp probe. But I hardly know automatic transmissions at all.

RAILhead · Nov 10, 2005, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by history1me

It is from my 1996 Jetta

It's leaking oil and I need to change it, but I don't know what it's called. There's a guy that told me, but he only knows the name in Spanish.

What did he call it in Spanish then? Lots of us know Spanish here, too.

historylme · Nov 10, 2005, 05:51 PM

In Spanish, he called it : Volvula

and it 5 speed engine.

turtle777 · Nov 10, 2005, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by history1me

In Spanish, he called it : Volvula

That probaly means "I have no clue" in Spanish...

-t

Nexus5 · Nov 10, 2005, 06:35 PM

"Volvula"? That sounds a little bit

The

of a female Volvo?

nexus5.

scottiB · Nov 10, 2005, 07:18 PM

That, my friend, is the clitoris. And if you have to ask a bunch of guys what it is, you'll never make it work.

Spliffdaddy · 08:09 PM

It looks like either an oil temperature sensor, oil pressure sensor, or a coolant temperature sensor (either for the dashboard gauge or a switch for the electric cooling fan on the radiator).

In any event, it should be easy to tighten or replace.

If it's screwed in just above the oil filter housing - it's an oil sensor (aka, sending unit)

If it's screwed in just above a coolant manifold - with big rubber hoses - it's some sort of coolant sensor.

Oisín · Nov 10, 2005, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

That probaly means "I have no clue" in Spanish...

It's not in any Spanish resources I have here: Danish/Spanish dictionaries, El Pequeño Larousse, and diccionarios.com.

Although it is a non-existing feminine form of vólvulo, which means volvulus, i.e., obstruction of the intestines. Maybe he was just saying that the car is screwed big time, 'cause someone twisted this thingilingy, whatever it is?

historylme · Nov 10, 2005, 07:53 PM

Thanks Oisin, and the rest of the guys. I have printed a picture and I'm going to take it to a repair shop.

Psychonaut · Nov 10, 2005, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

Although it is a non-existing feminine form of vólvulo, which means volvulus, i.e., obstruction of the intestines.

Even my 1,979 page Oxford Spanish dictionary didn't have that one. Damnit, now I'm on a mission.

Spliffdaddy · Nov 10, 2005, 08:49 PM

valve

Kevin has a small penis · Nov 10, 2005, 09:16 PM

Looks to me like a knob

Railroader · Nov 11, 2005, 12:38 AM

Looks like a temp sensor of some kind. Put a wrench on it and tighten it down a little. If that doesn't work, take it off and take another car to a parts store and buy a new one.

And if you don't have access to a parts store locally, email the pic to a VW part supplier with the other info of what year, model, engine, and transmission it has and see if they can tell.

Oisín · Nov 11, 2005, 07:50 AM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

valve

Oh yeah. Válvula. You change one little letter, and suddenly, it all makes sense.

ShotgunEd · Nov 11, 2005, 08:27 AM

Thats the flux capacitor.

Do do over 88 till you get it fixed.

zwiebel_ · Nov 11, 2005, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by acadian

Looks like an O2 sensor to me.

Second that

Athens · Nov 11, 2005, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by ShotgunEd

Thats the flux capacitor.

Do do over 88 till you get it fixed.

Think you ment Don't do over 88 till you get it fixed. Bet Cubeoid could fix it

Nai no Kami · Nov 11, 2005, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by history1me

In Spanish, he called it : Volvula

and it 5 speed engine.

As Spliff said, that should be "Válvula", which means exactly "valve". "Volvula" doesn't exist in Spanish.
Nevertheless, I am clueless about if that is the correct name for that part and how it is said in English. Sorry, the only help I can bring you is a native Spanish speaker confirmation of what Spliff said. If I happen to come accross some mechanical-prone friends, I'll ask them.

Fyre4ce · Nov 11, 2005, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by zwiebel_

Second that

My first thought was an O2 sensor, but it looks like it has a rubber boot on it - if it's an O2 sensor that would melt in short order. And, with the boot pulled off, it's too small, too.

My money is on either a temperature or pressure sensor. It's hard to tell without seeing what it's screwed into, and that's obscured. Can you follow the plumbing of what it's screwed into?

ShotgunEd · Nov 11, 2005, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by Athens

Think you ment Don't do over 88 till you get it fixed. Bet Cubeoid could fix it

No idea what happened there. I guess I dismissed nt from my life when i stopped being a windows admin.