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Bit of an update. Just finished fitting the Alloy manifold kit from Darkside developments. Took about 2.5 hours. cost £120 and a couple of skinned knuckles. looks like I caught it just in time as there are 4 of the flaps missing, and the egr was blocked nearly solid. not driven it yet but will let you know. thanks for all the help and advice.

Many thanks guys. I think i am going to strip out the mainfold and actuator after the weekend to see if anything obvious, if not its a good minting and a ton of silicone gasket sealer and put it all back together and fingers crossed. many thanks again. B good and b safe.

Def not fresh oil. its really like burnt diesel and exhaust gas residue. not sure what the round plastic bit is directly above the alternator, seems to be behind that.

Many thanks for your replies everybody. The covers are off for the pics. only noticed this as a couple of retaining lugs on the covers were missing and was going to sort that problem, doesnt seem to have got a lot worse in last couple of days. appears not to be from the cam cover gasket. My sons audi had a similar problem around the egr valve and produced a similar black goo. that was the egr leaking but egr isnt near this bit. this seems to be coming from the back of the round plastic part in the pic. sorry dont know what that part is. I will try gunking it and checking again. thanks again

Hope these help

2007 vrs tdi what is this leak. I am a new skoda tdi vrs owner. Bought a few weeks ago after sadly selling my 350z convertible. anyway it has the usual abs pump proplem and i have ordered a refurbed one. the other issue is this leak from top left hand of engine. cant see anything obvious. any assistance would be greatly appreciated. best regards. Bob