Yes, MSI knows about this issue. If you keep the card in hot condition (fan keeps running at 100% rpm all the time, for example “coins mining”) fan oil leak may occur. AMD GAMING cards seem to be more affected by this. This is fan vendor production issue. The vendor improved fan solution since Nov. 2013 to prevent recurrence of this issue. New production models are not affected by this.
If you happen to buy a VGA that was made before Nov. 2013 and fan oil leakage occurred, please accept our apology and send the VGA to RMA where it will be solved. We keep tracing this issue and quality.
I was contacted today with this above ^ Kept it separate from the other thread as it doesn't get lost