I noticed this part standing out as too oily on my engine bay - looks like it is attached to the Turbo and I am a hit worried it is leaking.

 

Can someone else with a petrol RS confirm if theirs look the same? It is the dark black L-shaped joint that can be seen center image.

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

I don't have a petrol vRS but it looks normal to me?

42 minutes ago, silver1011 said:

I don't have a petrol vRS but it looks normal to me?

 

That can't be normal - the plug is completely covered in a layer of oil...

All we have is your picture, but is doesn't look covered in oil to me. To be completely covered it would be running off and onto other components?

 

Like you've requested we need another petrol vRS members photo...

Looks like it's the crankshaft cover breather. Is supposed to evacuate oil vapours and recycle them by burning them in the cylinder through air intake. It should be very oily inside, but the outside should be neither more nor less oily than the rest of the engine bay !

My Petrol vRS is a 65 plate. Components look very different on mine. Certainly not oily.

 

 

I have a 63 plate.

As Mailme said, it's the crankshaft cover breather.

There's no pressure so I don't think it's leaking but you should wash your engine bay... 

Jaco2k, no pressure on that pipe but, if it bothers you, replace it, I can't see Skoda doing it under warranty though 

I am wondering how it got so dirty... Hmmm.

 

The car is in for service right now and I guess I am going to ask them to take a look.

 

Might be the oil is not coming from there but instead from somewhere else in the neighbourhood that is leaking.

 

Thank you guys who posted pics!