Oily substance near foot area

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Hey everyone!
My Seat Leon 5F 1.6 TDI's got a problem; the carpet by the gas pedal is oily. I took off some panels and kinda figured out where it's leaking from. Has anyone seen this before? Any ideas what it could be?

Thanks!

Aleks
 

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Pinky

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Hi Aleks

Coolant from the heater matrix or pipework ?

Pop a clean finger in the header tank and see if it feels the same.
 

SuperV8

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Your heater matrix is behind this black rectangular panel. The green rubber looks disturbed so some one has been in there before.

The aluminum pipe feeds coolant (which is red/pink and oily) through your matrix so suspect it would be coolant on your carpet.

Have a feel around the pipes to see if you can feel any leak? There is an o-ring in each fitting which could be leaking.
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