Mystery Oil Leak around Throttle Body

[trive2]

So a month or so ago we started to smell oil in the cabin.

Fast forward a month of being too busy and lazy to actually try and figure out what's wrong. I open the bonnet and there's a reasonable amount of fresh oil around the throttle body. It's mostly drowning the top joint to the pipe running over the engine from the turbo. There's oil on the cooler and in the little valley with the injectors- more than likely just leaked down/across. The crank vent is also wet but I don't think it's the source of the main leak.

Thoughts guys?

[pontiff]

Hey mate,

Check my my thread

Oil smell in cabin

If I had to take a punt, i would say we are talking about the same thing.

Let me know...

[trive2]

You legend!!!

[NuffNuff]

You legend!!!

So it was a faulty pcv?

[trive2]

Indeed it was! We actually just diagnosed it properly tonight. Off to VW to get it fixed tomorrow.