Oil misting around turbo.

[Riggie]

Whilst poking around under the bonnet, I noticed a slight oil misting around the front end of the turbo which is visible (35d- 59k miles) there is no obvious oil leak and no drops below, just misting around the area. It looks like it's fairly long standing.

The car drives perfectly. Any thoughts?

thanks
Andy.

[X5Sport]

Could just be oil creep around a slightly loose joint.

[Riggie]

Would that be the oil feed pipes? It seems to be the small turbo, the top one.

[X5Sport]

Can't remember, but there will be oil feed for the centre bearing and vacuum connections too.  Oil can spread itself thinly all over the place so unless it's dripping then it doesn't sound serious. 

If you have a lot of blue smoke when running, then get worried!

[Riggie]

[quote="X5Sport"]
Can't remember, but there will be oil feed for the centre bearing and vacuum connections too.  Oil can spread itself thinly all over the place so unless it's dripping then it doesn't sound serious. 

If you have a lot of blue smoke when running, then get worried!
[/quote]

No smoke of any kind thankfully...... Spoke to my friendly garage man who thinks its long standing and suggests cleaning it off and monitoring how long it takes to reappear.  He thinks probably best left undisturbed unless things get worse.