Just had a look under the engine cover for the first time on my 1.9 TDI fabia 3 and saw this:

What we looking at?

I might be worrying over nothing, but on the top of the engine theres 3 little nobbly bits... the one on the far right looks and feels like its been machined off and can see a little ball in the centre? Theres also a little bit of oil (i think) pooled around underneath it... second picture is a closer up shot

Edit: updated photos with circles

Edited 23 October, 201015 yr by Confused_Cheese

this cropped up in the Fabia 1 links and it worked out to be normal! we all have it!

The ball will be a blank for a drilling I would expect.

The ball will be a blank for a drilling I would expect.

Is that a normal thing mate?

vRSsunroof any idea what the thread was called or do you have a link?

Looking through the elephant hose mod post, its clear all the vrs's have them too... but none of them have any oil around them? Bad sign?

Anyone know why/what it may be leaking? :(

i wil have a look at mine 1.9 tdi and will let you know

hi same but no leak

Thanks for checking.. pretty sure all the 1.9's have them at least, just obviously without a leak :(

Will see what the dealer says tomorrow

ill remember to check tomorrow