Control arm link & oil vent

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Originally Posted by shlim8

Hi, I was just checking the rib belt through the access behind the seats, on my 2001 boxster when I noticed the following 2 items:

The rear driver side (rear passenger for US cars) rear control arm link mount (not the side that links to the wishbone/control arm) seems to be oily (there are rubber bellow to the top and bottom of the rubber mount). Is it normal to grease those joints or is it a sign that it's failing ? In fact both sides are greasy, just the driver's side is much more greasy.

Also on the rear passenger side (rear driver side for US cars), there is a pipe with a vent that seems to be venting out oil - not much but enough to coat the surrounding area with oil but not enough to drip to the ground. What is that vent ? It's to the right (if u are facing the engine) of the a/c compressor.

I had taken pictures but still trying to figure out how to insert them into the post here ! (ah success !)

the control arm mount is nothing to worrry about it just grease seeping out, they all do it, the vent , hard to tell from that pic where you are but it appears to be your air cleaner drain which cannot spill oil unless you have a K&N air filter and overoiled it in which case your MAF sensor would not be working correctly. Porsche Boxster does not vent any oil, that I know of, to the atmosphere, even the crancase breather is recirulated and ingested by the intake manifold.