oil visible on front grill

[moukie]

After a drive yesterday I noticed the bottom of the honeycomb front grill was damp with some oil ? Has anyone else experienced this, not sure where it has come from ?

[DavGTI]

Yes, I was doing an oil and filter change last Saturday and noticed some oil around that area and on top of the under tray. After a good look around I noticed drivers side of the intercooler had some oil around the pipe I suspect that’s where mines has came from. Quick google search shows this is quite common for these cars and O rings need replaced. So that’s what I’m going to try first. Was supposed to get them and do that today but other things have came up unfortunately. It’ll be a job for next Saturday. Mines isn’t to bad just a fair bit of residue although not leaking on to the drive way.

[pudding]

If the oil is on the upper half of the front grille, I'd be looking for an intercooler leak.   If it's on the lower portion, probably just intercooler O rings as above.  Under boost, a thin mist of oil can escape past the O rings, similar to piston ring blow-by.

[moukie]

Thanks for the fast replies ! The oil isn’t on the lower part of the grill so I will have a look at the inter cooler I-ring thanks that’s super helpful.

[moukie]

Does anyone have a guide for fitting the o-ring or can point me to one on the forum?