Well that was a bit of a waste of time... Audi cleaned up the mess of oil on the exhaust, confirmed that it was transmission oil and that it "appeared" to be coming from the top of the gearbox and not the bottom or the sump. For them to completely identify "exactly" where it was coming from would entail gearbox out, which allegedly means engine out too. He was going to talk with his gearbox "specialist" and phone me back that day with a plan of action. Not heard anything back from them since. The cynic in me is thinking that they are sighing a sigh of relief that it was nothing they'd done to cause this on the last service and now they don't really want to know. Poor... but maybe a blessing in disguise as..
Speaking to Chester Transmissions, they concur that the engine/box does need to come out if they need to remove the box for repair as there are half a dozen bolts that they can't get to with the engine in and that Audi would have that down as 34-38 hours labour alone, before repairs, oil, spares,etc. So for me, just the labour cost alone is prohibitive to getting this done with Audi, as well as their lack of care or interest.
CT gave me a much less painful estimate for engine/box removal, replacement and flush and refill but warned it would be more if the box needed repair/serious work.
Long story short - gearbox is leaking oil from somewhere and it's going to Chester Transmissions week after next for diagnosis and we will know exactly where we stand after that. Hopefully it's something they can sort without removing the engine and box. If not - C'est La Vie... It is what it is and at least the box will be like new afterwards and will have had a full service.
The gearbox itself is behaving fine though. Smooth shifts and no noises or vibrations. Let's hope it lasts another week and a half....
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