First post on the Volvo forum, hopefully someone can give me some insight.

I have an 04 XC90 T6 with about 59K on the clock. I take very meticulous care of my XC and when I was wiping the engine bay down yesterday I noticed a faint, greasy film on the boost side rubber hose feeding into the intercooler. I disconnected the hose from the molded plastic tube that joins the rubber hose to the turbo.

When I looked into it I noticed a tell tale film of oil in the tube. I called a buddy of mine who knows alot about forced induction and he said it might be a leaking bearing in the turbo(s)or it may benormal for a small amount of oilto run through the system.

One thing I do know is that thehose from the molded plastic tube to the intercooler has a small hole if it is leaking a little oil onto the outside of thehose during boost. So my question is that is it normal for asmall amount ofoil to pass through the system or do I need to take it intoVolvo for warranty work?[:'(]

Thanks for any advice...

 

I have the same issue on my 2004 XC90 T5 with 227,000 miles. Did you figure it out? Did you replace the hose? If, so did you use universal hose or order the part? Thanks, Scott