Hi All

Just been giving my Focus 1.6 TDCI an oil and filter change, and as I took off the air inlet pipework to access the filter, I noticed traces of oil at the entrance to the turbocharger. There was also oil present in the engine breather hose and outlet. We're not talking huge amounts, more like a film of oil, and it feels quite watery, but engine was warm. I have heard this is normal, but I'm looking for some confirmation that this is normal, I was always under the impression oil in air intake and/or turbo isn't a good thing.

Car performs fine, you can feel the turbo kick in when you put your foot down, it uses no oil or water. One thing I noticed is when I bought the car the oil level was fine, after I checked it a few days later it was over the max mark on the dipstick, but with no loss of any other fluids that I was aware of, definitely no coolant loss. I dropped the oil level to below the max as soon as I noticed, then remembered the car was parked on quite a gradient when I bought it, which could be the reason for the different readings. From the service history, I have worked out that the car has run just under 250 miles from last oil change to me noticing oil level was above max. There was about half to 3/4 of a litre drained off, then dipstick read 3/4 full. Didn't know if this was relevant.

Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Nothing to worry about, quite normal on the dv6 1.6tdci.

Thanks for the reply and the reassurance!

Cheers