[john6723]

Hi All,

I have a much loved 2010 C30 with the Diesel 1.6 engine. She's just done 174K miles, but recently has developed an oil leak that's running from the valve cover down (see photo). It appears to be wet with engine oil on top of the valve cover on the top of the engine. I get about several drips over night on the drive. Does anyone have any experience of this?

 

[john6723]

Thanks guys for the advice, so far I've managed to clean the engine up a bit (it was filthy) and I've found out the following. 1). it looks like its diesel and not oil (I really should have spotted this before), and 2). it appears to be coming from around the turbo area, see the new liquid staining on the engine cover after I cleaned it and put it back. I opened the easier to access hose on the other side of the turbo and it has a little bit of diesel in it, see photo.

What are your thoughts?