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Replace bank 1 variocam unit

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It had a lot of work done in Oct 2015, some of this was to replace the Bank 1 Variocam unit, which included various seals and a new spark plug tube kit.
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Replace but i would wait till the next oil

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They can be changed but I would wait till the next oil change.
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Replace bank 1 variocam unit

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It had a lot of work done in Oct 2015, some of this was to replace the Bank 1 Variocam unit, which included various seals and a new spark plug tube kit.
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Replace but i would wait till the next oil

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They can be changed but I would wait till the next oil change.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hi Everyone, I found a small drop of oil on my garage floor today. After looking under the car i've noticed a couple of spots on the right hand side where the oil has spread. After doing a bit of searching online I think I've identified the problem as the Spark Plug tubes leaking. Does this sound correct? Or could it be something else? Incase it helps find a diagnosis... I had a look back through the paper work the car came with. It had a lot of work done in Oct 2015, some of this was to replace the Bank 1 Variocam unit, which included various seals and a new spark plug tube kit.

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i had a slight leak from the small plug as in your pic. They can be changed but I would wait till the next oil change. The plugs are very thin I drilled a 2 mm hole in mine and put a 25 mm screw in it to leaver it out with. Throughly clean the sides of the hole cover both sides of hole and sides of new plug with locative red and tap in square to a depth as before

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