# 2016 Volkswagen Golf - Oil leak

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-volkswagen-golf-oil-leak/198622>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volkswagen\
**Created:** [January 7, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-volkswagen-golf-oil-leak/198622 "2025-01-07T01:38:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Riche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Riche](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Riche)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-volkswagen-golf-oil-leak/198622/1 "2025-01-07T01:38:40Z")

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Oil leak when parked

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-volkswagen-golf-oil-leak/198622/2 "2025-01-07T14:19:28Z")

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Are you going to fix or ignore?

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**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-volkswagen-golf-oil-leak/198622/3 "2025-01-08T19:08:41Z")

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Mechanics usually can resolve that kind of issue.

Another solution might be to drive the car constantly, if it only leaks while parked.

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**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-volkswagen-golf-oil-leak/198622/4 "2025-01-08T19:43:58Z")

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Check your oil often,keep your oil topped off, if it leaks while parked it probably leaks more at speed. Get it looked at sooner rather than later.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-volkswagen-golf-oil-leak/198622/5 "2025-01-08T20:33:27Z")

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Bring the vehicle to a shop and see if they can locate the leak.

If not, then ask that they add a dye to the oil. Then drive the vehicle a while and then bring it back. They’ll us a UV light that will expose where the oil is leaking from with the dye mixed in.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/5/0/5095aef5acc456000ac40dd71b5605ea99674e3f.jpeg)

Tester

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-volkswagen-golf-oil-leak/198622/6 "2025-01-08T21:14:37Z")

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Diy’er, no 2016 Golf experience. But I did own a much older Rabbit, and its infrequent oil leaks were usually sourced from the valve cover. Replacing the valve cover gasket stopped the leak.