Oil spray??
 

Noticed oil spray on the top of the bonnet. Opened it to find the below pictures. Anyone know what could be causing it? (S40 1.6D)

Leaking intercooler hose

Edit: theres a common pipe that fails on the 1.6

Any idea which hose it is?:)
It seems to be leaking around the engine intake area. Just above the AUX belt

I had it cracked due to the age of it, if is the same in your case. Usually I check the engine every two/three days, so no much dirt of oil, I noticed the cause and located it easily. I tried to tape it, using pipe tape, also put some kind of glue and wrapped it, did not last, the pressure was too high and failed again. I bought one from Amazon for £16. I removed the top plastic part and replaced it in one piece. It was not easy job, removal of bumper is a must. Its been six months since, no problems with the replaced one.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I would get the sorter version of the hose, removing the top plastic part is very, very difficult. I end up removing in pieces.

Are 'THEY' Fracking in Basingstoke?

K.

Thanks for this!!
Is this hose the drivers side intake hose? (Cold side of the inter cooler) going up to the MAP sensor?

That’s the one I have a hole in, found it yesterday and used some heavy duty self bonding tape for the mean time. If this part is the right one I’ll go ahead and order it!

Might as well be with the state of my bonnet 😜