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Oil Leak '99 V70 - Large, but Hard to Find Topic is solved

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Re: Oil Leak '99 V70 - Large, but Hard to Find

Post by nickelghandi »

Glad you got it fixed abscate. it cured my leak too. Now it doesn't leak a drop.

My 98 GLT leak must be tiny because I still lose like no oil between changes. Maybe 300ml in 5k miles.
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Post by abscate »

Jury out on mine until next week when I do a hot run to Boston amd back

No drops on cardboard under engine today, though

This completely resolved this issue, details here

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