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I noticed a huge puddle of oil last night under the car. Checked the stick and its on the low level.

Popped the hood and I can see oil spray under the bonnet. Seems like its coming from the BOV ( plumb back ) and the turbo has a lot of oil over it. But the speed of the leak seems to be faster than a spray could ever cause.

Started it up and cant see exactly where its coming from. Gave it a few revs and noticed the exhaust smelled very strong. There is no clouds of smoke but it looked like an oil/water mix had sprayed out the exhaust.

Oil coming out the zorst, this cant be good can it?

What have I broke?

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The water coming out the exhaust *could* be normal cold start condensation. Was it dead cold when you started it? If yes then it's probably just mixing with oil in the zorst.

That being the case, maybe one of your oil lines is leaking. The oil is misting and getting into everything under the bonnet, even the induction system. This would explain oil everywhere including exhaust. It's insidious stuff oil (that's it's job!). It gets everywhere and you don't need much of it to make a huge mess. The puddle may be from the source of the leak when sitting and draining from the line.

Head gasket has been at the back of my mind from the start but just trying not to think its that. It was dark last night, I will check today when I get home from work.

An old car I used to own blew the head gasket and it made the oil level rise coz water got in there.

My oil level is low though. Or can you blow it without the sump getting contaminated?

None taken, but it happened at 11.00pm last night and I am still at work today.

Of course I am going to get it checked by a pro I just wanted to know if people could diagnose from my symptoms or had the exact same thing happen to them as well. Or point me in the right direction. I wanted to have an idea on what could cause this problem so I didnt walk into a mechanic with a blindfold on.

Isnt that the whole friggin reason this forum is here? So owners of like cars can help eachother out?

Dont tell me you have never asked a question on this forum that you couldn't of asked a mechanic instead. no offence.

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