oil in air filter?

[M4TTYF]

i had my mk2 1.4 cl apq engine to a mechanic the other day and after a full day he came up with the throttle body is knackered but i cant help thinking thats not the problem as there is oil in the air filter and its all sludge and the car has lost alot of power i need help on this guys and girls and fast as this is my daily driver

 

[chris27]

Why did you take it to a mechanic in the first place? Because of the loss of power or something else? Does your car have a standard airbox and filter?

 

[88rsr]

it can be normal to see a little bit of oil on an air filter if the breather system re-circulates through the airbox, if its absolutely soaked in oil then id guess that its getting a lot of blow by on the rings and is forcing too much oil through the breather (would explain loss of power due to lost compression and excessive oil in the air filter) did the mechanic do a compression test?

 

[Krishen]

Clean the air box. Stick a new filter in it. Clean the throttle body (carb cleaner). Cheap and easy to do. See if it fixes your problem

 

[CraigW]

I have exactly the same engine and I have alittle oil on my airbox. Only a tiny bit though. Its just around the bit where the air is drawn from the box into the breather pipe.

 

[M4TTYF]

no the guy didnt do a compresion test and its alot of oil in the filter doesnt seem to be coming through any more and the engine isnt struggling as much it feels like the throttle body is the only thing at fault now its going in to seat next week now so all being well it may be back next friday

 

[ibiza95]

clean out the oil breather pipe that goes from the bottom end of the engine to your air filter box, you will prob find its blocked with gunk n crap

 

[M4TTYF]

thats cleared itself last night now i just got the other problems to fix

 

[blackdream]

same situation here, lot of oil in the air filter and very dirty throttle body. Maybe I'll decide to clean everything and then put an empty water bottle somewhere in the hood and put the breather hose in it so that oil will go in the bottle instead that in the airbox and throttle body!

 

[Boi Ninja]

i got a 1.4cl polo ...same type of engine ...same problem, i cleaned it out stuck a new filter in and its all good ...feels a bit sluggish again so i think i might have to do it all over again. there must be a permanent fix to this?

 

[M4TTYF]

i am determined to get to the bottom of this problem so as soon as it is diagnosed by seat i will let you all know

 

[CraigW]

Im sure if you run a catch tank set-up of some sort surely it will catch the oil from the breather then it wont go back into the airbox.

 

[GarethCarr]

I've got same problem with my 2.0 8v, think it looks possibly like a head gasket?.