Oil from exhaust manifold Car dies at idle

[strongde66]

i have a 91 tsi awd with about 89,000 miles, i did a compression check about 2 weeks ago and in order it was 115 120 160 160 then i did a wet test and my two low cylinders went good, so i know i need at least rings.

but my problem is when i changed out my exhaust manifold to a sce gasket made for better sealing, my return pipe started leaking at the flex section. so i have a temp fix on that and no leak there.

NOW it seems that I'm getting a pool of oil right behind the exh manifold and it is dripping down onto my downpipe and i have really low oil pressure and the car after its warmed up if i idle too long its RPM dip low and then it finally dies out, and is a bi*** to restart, but my oil level isn't getting too low too fast.

so my question would be if i change my headgasket and the rings, would that fix my leak since i know that no hose or pipe is leaking?

 

[poorboy2g]

Since you have to have the head pulled to fix the rings anyway I'd replace the head gasket just to be on the safe side. Not to try and add to your cars down time, but if the timing belt hasn't been changed, replace it also. Check your valves as well to be sure they aren't leaking either. I cannot say 100% that this will solve your oil pressure issues but I've had a few cars have similar leaking issues and, with the exception of my suggestion on the timing belt, these other things fixed it.