Oil Leak from Air Intake hose???

[E55 Bulldog]

Good afternoon. I have a 2011 X5M and I have developed an oil leak from the air intake hose. It looks like the crank case oil vapors are collecting in my intake hose and dripping out where the hose meets the engine. I can't get the hose clamp tight enough to prevent it with out stripping it. Once it pools it will dip down the block, smell like hell from getting cooked, and eventually leave a drop or 2 on my garage floor?

It seems odd that I am getting that much old collection there. Anyone know why?

[cbakking]

Could be related to this issue?
http://www.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=952067

[iansanderson]

Originally Posted by E55 Bulldog

Good afternoon. I have a 2011 X5M and I have developed an oil leak from the air intake hose. It looks like the crank case oil vapors are collecting in my intake hose and dripping out where the hose meets the engine. I can't get the hose clamp tight enough to prevent it with out stripping it. Once it pools it will dip down the block, smell like hell from getting cooked, and eventually leave a drop or 2 on my garage floor?

It seems odd that I am getting that much old collection there. Anyone know why?

Did you ever get to the bottom of this? I have this exact issue on my left intake boot and can't figure it out to save my life. I have tightened and moved everything around and still happening!

[Dawgz]

Originally Posted by iansanderson

Did you ever get to the bottom of this? I have this exact issue on my left intake boot and can't figure it out to save my life. I have tightened and moved everything around and still happening!

You need to install oil catch cans

[XRatedM]

Originally Posted by Dawgz

You need to install oil catch cans

Mine is doing the exact same thing with catch cans, not sure if the ccv valve is bad or something else (oil separators and all ccv components replaced) thinking I'll just epoxy the darn connection