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General => General discussion => Topic started by: smit10 on 14 May 2010, 14:47

Title: oil leaking out of my air filter
Post by: smit10 on 14 May 2010, 14:47

hi i went outside yesterday and there was a patch of oil underneath the front of my golf i opened the bonnet and it was leaking from the inside of my air filter and i dont have a clue why just wondered weva some one could explain cheers

Title: Re: oil leaking out of my air filter
Post by: Wayne on 14 May 2010, 15:29

Blocked engine breather could be a possible cause.

Title: Re: oil leaking out of my air filter
Post by: dweb1989 on 14 May 2010, 15:48

As said, blocked breather, or engine just breathing very heavily?

Title: Re: oil leaking out of my air filter
Post by: smit10 on 15 May 2010, 16:15

is this a bad thing and will it ruin my engine cheers

Title: Re: oil leaking out of my air filter
Post by: MotorPsycho on 17 May 2010, 15:29

no it's a good thing.......

I'd investigate as above - no breathing properly: bad, clogging your filter with oi: bad, ingesting oil through the throttle body into the head, bores: bad

Title: Re: oil leaking out of my air filter
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 17 May 2010, 18:47

Alternatively it could have come the other way, past the rings, and back through the inlet.

Over filled it recently or revved the tits off it?