I opened my hood today, just to do a random visual inspection of my engine bay, and I found some droplets of pretty fresh oil (brown, not yet dried) on my engine cover. There were maybe 20 small droplets, mostly on the engine cover, as well as some near the top of the radiator. I looked for 10 minutes to see if there were any major oil leakages, but found nothing obvious. The underside of the hood is completely dry. However, I found that (see attached picture) the tube from the engine to the midpipe of my intake was pretty oily and wet. Could I be leaking oil from there? It seems to be the only thing that looks like it's wet enough to be leaking. This is not an actual pic of the engine bay today, but just a pic to show you where I think the problem is. Any ideas?

 

bump........

 

Ignore it. Any leak of liquid from anywhere connected to the intake pipe itself will not cause any actual engine leaks. It could be just a worn rubber hose...

And getting a current photo will help, with a close up.

 

Hmm.. ignoring it won't make it go away though.

I'll get a current photo up today.

 

^^dude where the hell is your blue powerwire going?!?, it should drop into the car below the brake booster.... !!!! even if you have a manual.

 

I don't know.. Best Buy did it for me.

 

Yes, oil could be coming from the hose that goes from the engine to your midpipe. Make sure all your clamps are tightened.

 

Well i said ignore since it will not kill your engine or anything. Clean it up and see if it happens again. If not, count it as a freak occurence. If it does, consider change of hoses/clamps.