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Originally Posted by HPsauce
Oh dear. 
At least you have your wonderful separating machine, or it would presumably be a whole lot more aggravating.  |
Quite so. I'm thankful that I noticed it while it was still on the machine and not after I'd put it all back in the car!
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Originally Posted by strummagnet
Could it be that on a prior service someone just wrenched on it a bit and 'broke the seal'. I remember noticing my connector on my 2.8 being oily and there was a temptation in my novice head to 'tighten it up a bit'.... but in the end I left alone as discovered it was engine oil coming from above, and the fact you told me so.  |
I think in this case simply removing and reattaching the connector from the wiring harness moved it enough to break the seal. Its fine just sitting there unconnected, but as soon as I plugged the connector in it twists off-axis just enough for the oil to seep past the o-rings.
I'm not sure why the connector is designed to float in the casing tbh. It would make a lot more sense to me for it to be tight in there and not move which would give the o-rings a much better chance of staying sealed. Just one of ZF's little easter eggs
