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Old 03-04-2024, 11:19 AM
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Weird clutch feeling and engine spat oil

Hi, I've had my 8 for about a year now and one of the rotors is a bit low on compression, yesterday while I was driving with some friends and I noticed a weird crunchy-like feeling from my clutch pedal, we stopped and saw smoke coming from the underside of the car (Water temperature and oil pressure were in normal levels) and we saw engine oil leaking to the exhaust and the engine oil level decreased substantially. Yes, I did something very stupid before this happened, I revved the car while stationary for a fair bit cause I installed a new exhaust and the guys from the car meet wanted to hear it, but the car was warmed up.

The thing is, I fucked up, but how bad is it? the clutch pedal is permanently crunchy, the car starts as good as before hot and cold no problem but it leaked a lot of oil so I'm worried (It hasn't been driven low on oil, I always have oil in the trunk just in case). Does someone know what is it?
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Clutch pedal bracket cracked, need welding or replacement. Oil leak I don't know, oil cooler line leaking, OMP lines maybe cracked and filled up a pocket on the engine until it spilled over.
Wash engine well with degreaser let dry then top off with oil and look for a leak.
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Find where the leak is coming from. Could be anything, though the OMP doesn't push that much oil, teaspoons per hour, so I doubt it's that.
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