Hi I have an 850 turbo and last night all my oil ended up in my driveway. I looked this morning and found a leak underneath the radiator. There seems to be a pan under there with a hole in it. Does anyone have information on this? What the pan is called? Should it have oil in it?

Thank you for any help is appreciated,

Anna

 

There should not be a pan under your radiator. You may want to check the oil level to see how much is actually in the motor. If it is low, put some in and see if it drains out. If it doesn't start draining out, start the car and see if you can see any oil coming out then.

Your car should have a oil line that goes to the oil cooler. They do leak and need replacement. I just did one on my daughters S70. Find the leak and post back. It also would not hurt to post pics as well.

 

Thank you, I'll do that.

 

Here's a picture of the part underneath the radiator. There's oil coming out of this (reservoir). You can see a drip on the left part of the photo and that's exactly where it's draining.

 

Does anyone know what part that is under the radiator. Could not find it in any of three repair manuals today.

 

Oil cooler. There is a oil line that goes to it. The leak could be coming from the cooler and it could be a line that connects to it. Have a mechanic check it out. Make sure you have enough oil in the car to drive it to the shop or have it towed there.

 

Hmmmmmm. You know, there is a tiny pin hole in the bottom of your intercooler right dead center of that oil mess. Its purpose is to drain oil that makes its way through the turbo into the intercooler. Because of the amount of oil I would agree with rspi but if you dont see anything from the lines or oil cooler then I would pull the hoses off between the turbo and intercooler and see if you see a river making its way through them.

 

Concur with both of the above. Definitely the oil cooler. How long does it take to leak oil out of there if you fill the motor with oil? You can put a pan under it to catch the oil and see just how big a leak it is. The cooler lines shouldn't leak a ton of oil unless they are REALLY bad

 

Hey thank you guys you've been a great help. I now know what I'm looking at when I bring it in.