Gearbox dumped oil on the road
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Seems to be engine oil tho, and i think i located the leak to the oil filter head, think its just the little seal in there.
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Do a search on the ClubGTI forum… there are a few that have done this.
The rivets holding the differential in to the gear ring(I think) are prone to failure around 150k miles. VW do a replacement bolt set to rectify it. It does mean stripping your gear box though to repair before failure.
I had one go while travelling along the A11 from Norwich to Wymondham about 2 years ago. was sitting at about 70>75mph in a queue of traffic, there was a knock and then I could see nothing behind me! All the cars behind will have had about 2 litres of gear oil pumped out and atomised over them!…. 8O .
I swapped the gear box for a replacement one, the broken one was well and truely mullered. On the pluss side it did save me waxoiling the underside of the car.
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There are too many online users to list.