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Offline smit10

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oil leaking out of my air filter
« 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
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Offline Wayne

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Re: oil leaking out of my air filter
« Reply #1 on: 14 May 2010, 15:29 »
Blocked engine breather could be a possible cause.
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Offline dweb1989

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Re: oil leaking out of my air filter
« Reply #2 on: 14 May 2010, 15:48 »
As said, blocked breather, or engine just breathing very heavily?
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Offline smit10

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Re: oil leaking out of my air filter
« Reply #3 on: 15 May 2010, 16:15 »
is this a bad thing and will it ruin my engine cheers
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Re: oil leaking out of my air filter
« Reply #4 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
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Re: oil leaking out of my air filter
« Reply #5 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?
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