just generally looking over the engine bay found the top engine cover was chaffing a small hose at the position shown with the red tape in the photo. Chaffing not noticeable with cover in place. Not sure what the hose is (looks like its off the top hose from the intercooler??) but well worth a check.

bit of fuzzy felt and some black tape done the trick. Chaffing was well into the rubber.

Same on 3.6's too??

Would say that has water in it, is the chunky hose to the right not the inter cooler? So a good catch as that would dump coolant onto the top of the engine. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Tis indeed a water hose sir... Needs to be replaced ideally

I hate when I get a chaffed hose

stick some fuzzy felt on your chaffed hose. oh er missus. 405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
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