OIL LEAK! pipe near turbo or diverter valve??

[mbradbrook]

Picked up my car today. the paper work just said  "Found turbo to be leaking, removed and replaced under warranty". So far so good but it is early days. Hopefully it is all sorted - i dread to think how much a new turbo and labour would have cost if it was out of warranty. I'm sure if your car is just out of warranty, then they will honour it as a gesture of good will. Definitely worth raising as soon as possible with the dealer.

Just out of interest, has anyone tried removing their filler cap with the engine running? I'd be interested to know if it is the same as mine.

Matt

[Snoopy]

Anyone got any updates on theirs?

Just started mine for the first time in many months to try the removing oil cap test.
As I loosened it the cars revs dropped and it nearly stalled before it recovered then re fittest cap back.
Sorry did not try it earlier mate not been home much.

[mbradbrook]

Thanks for trying the oil cap test. Must say i'm very confused now! 2 cars with oil leaks in the same area, 1 idles fine with the cap off and 1 tries to stall. I'd be interested for someone with a new car with no problems to try the same test.

[Snoopy]

Just a note but It only tries to stall for about a second then recovers to normal tick over. It's just the momentary removal of the cap that changes the pressure which causes the revs to drop and the engine to nearly stall it then recovers, I then replaced the cap.

[Snoopy]

Thanks for trying the oil cap test. Must say i'm very confused now! 2 cars with oil leaks in the same area, 1 idles fine with the cap off and 1 tries to stall. I'd be interested for someone with a new car with no problems to try the same test.

Mkviken is coming over with in the next couple of weeks sometime so i will try his.
Hows yours have you had a look to see if it not leaking anymore?

[mbradbrook]

Had the car back for 2 weeks now and there are still no signs of a leak - fingers crossed.

[stu79]

No more leaks on mine, either. Just about to do a 700 mile road-trip, will check again at the end of that.

[Snoopy]

Thanks for the update.

[mbradbrook]

Update - it's leaking again! Not happy

Just waiting for a call back from the dealer. I've requested a free courtesy car as this is costing me a fortune in petrol. This will be the 3rd time that it has gone in for the same problem. I bet it is the PCV valve but they thought replacing the turbo was the better option.

[Snoopy]

I'm guessing they checked the dv valve for small splits when they changed the turbo.
There's a high pressure oil feed pipe back there that feeds the turbo that can leak.
Then there is the crankcase breather system at both ends.
I took lots of photos.of mine at the weekend as I wanted to work it all out.