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 Oily seepage coming from snorkel

 Created by: AndrewRagusa
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Sep 16, 2019 04:51AM kenatminimania  
Sep 13, 2019 04:13AM AndrewRagusa  
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 Posted: Sep 16, 2019 04:51AM
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Morning Everyone, 

There is seepage coming from the snorkel leading into the turbo in my R56. Though I believe this issue is irrelevant to the one I'm inquiring about the snorkel is due to be replaced. You can see I wrapped the front with electrical tape to keep it together while I've been looking for part out Minis to get a replacement. I am just curious where the oily seepage could be coming from. Does anyone have an idea? 

Thanks! 
I suspect residual oil from the pcv system.

 Posted: Sep 13, 2019 04:13AM
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Morning Everyone, 

There is seepage coming from the snorkel leading into the turbo in my R56. Though I believe this issue is irrelevant to the one I'm inquiring about the snorkel is due to be replaced. You can see I wrapped the front with electrical tape to keep it together while I've been looking for part out Minis to get a replacement. I am just curious where the oily seepage could be coming from. Does anyone have an idea? 

Thanks!