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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: jenson on 12 February 2007, 22:18

Title: Oil breather filter
Post by: jenson on 12 February 2007, 22:18

Just noticed i have a lot of oil in my airbox, saw a little oil breather filter in halfords.just wondering are these any use? do they affect performance? car is a 1.3

Title: Re: Oil breather filter
Post by: dirk on 14 February 2007, 13:24

i have a 1.6 and similar sort of problem occured, i put a K&N  bolt on filter on and just used a pipe and and a red bull can to collect the 'breathed' oily air. However, i forgot to check it and it filled up and on exiting a round about, it tipped over the exhaust!!thought i'd blown it up!!

Title: Re: Oil breather filter
Post by: sacvwgolf on 14 February 2007, 17:20

i put an k&n and put a breather on the oil pipe. i can supplies pic if needed

Title: Re: Oil breather filter
Post by: jenson on 14 February 2007, 18:27

cool man pics would help, would oil fumes not be goin through the vents if it had a breather on it??

Title: Re: Oil breather filter
Post by: sacvwgolf on 14 February 2007, 18:30

don't know about that but i have friday off and will be working on the car so i'll take pictures then.

Title: Re: Oil breather filter
Post by: sacvwgolf on 14 February 2007, 19:36

Just found this. some one has got a k&n bolt on filter with (i think) a oil breather pipe going to the air filter:

(http://i4.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/83/b1/5b06_1.JPG)

Title: Re: Oil breather filter
Post by: sacvwgolf on 19 February 2007, 16:50

ok heres mine picture not brillant

(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n257/sacvwgolf/PICT1049.jpg)

you can see the breather by the manifold which is on a hose which goes to the crankcase

Title: Re: Oil breather filter
Post by: jenson on 19 February 2007, 18:21

Ye i put one on, i angled it down towards the gearbox so there wouldn;t be oil fumes coming into the car!