oil in airbox - help

[captin_urbis]

i noticed this the other day when i was cleaing the throttle body,

there is a **** load of oil and gunk inside the airbox and in airfilter.


this is obviously when i took the cover off, as you can see the amount of oit and crap inside the casing. i beleive its from my breather pipe.

this is the seal which sits between the throttle and the airbox.

inside the section that sits on the throttlebody

any idea how this could have happened? any problem solving will be very much apreciated.

going to take odd my throttle body tomorrow (christmas day i no lol)

will get back to you all on this and tell you what i have found.

 

[robreidmotors]

Motorcycle forums say this is possible on bikes when the oil level is too high causing oil to be sucked up into the oil breather pipe that goes to the airbox.

If your oil level is not above the max level, then it could just be the few bits from a previous too high oil level.

so id clean the filter box out and also clean out the air breather pipe also.

 

[AlpineWhite]

as rob says above, and keep an eye on it.

 

[captin_urbis]

airbox is cleaned, not had it running yet but gonna change oil tomorrow so will check it then but thanks!

 

[Racerlad]

the head gaskets gone i just had to do mine

 

[ibiza_95]

the head gasket hasnt gone... ignore ^^^

 

[captin_urbis]

lol it was from old engine, been clean now for about a week! lol

 

[robreidmotors]

I would agree that one head gasket has blown...whoops

 

[mickeykdan]

This doesnt mean the head gasket has gone at all

 

[G223]

This doesnt mean the head gasket has gone at all

3rded

 

[robreidmotors]

For the record please add a whole load of sarcasm to my comment above. ie the guy got banned hence blew a gasket.

thanks

 

[AlpineWhite]

For the record please add a whole load of sarcasm to my comment above. ie the guy got banned hence blew a gasket.

thanks

Aaah, that kind of head gasket. makes more sense now!

 

[robreidmotors]

Incidentally, do you know about distributor position/timing?

Is it just a case of positioning the distributor so that the oil notch is towards the clamp bolt hole then rotar arm on the timing notch? Then disconnect battery? or do you have to vag com it?

 

[AlpineWhite]

Incidentally, do you know about distributor position/timing?

Sadly I don't Changed one on a golf rallye a couple of years ago..... but don't remember the timing aspect of it. Think i need a new dizzy cap soon as mine is hesitating/juddering ever so slightly under throttle.

 

[robreidmotors]

Think i sorted it by disconnecting the battery so resetting the ecu.

Re dizzy cap, get it done this weekend mate, they dont give you much warning!

Easy to check, see what the carbon rod is like.

 

[M4TTYF]

i have this problem on my 1.4 at the moment and it looks like baileys im told its a poor design but it has caused me to have my trottle body replaced with a new unit because the car kept cutting out im still looking for a solution to this as currently i can get passed 80 even down hill with my foot on the floor

 

[captin_urbis]

sounds like mine, cant get passed 100 and should be able to get to 115/120. think i might be loosing compression with head gasket, gonna get it replaced some time soon

 

[EssexIbiza1985]

Mine has had this since I got it. I was told by my trusty mechanic there is nothing to worry about. You just have to clean it out every year when you change the filter.

You can stop this completely by getting an oil catch can and running the breather pipe to that instead of the airbox so the oil mist condenses and collects in the can.

I had a small filter on the end of my breather pipe and just plugged the hole in the air box and all the sludge cleared up and was running great but it was just putting oil residue/mist straight into the air which 1. Was bad for my lungs when stationary, 2. Is probably illegal and 3. Made the surrounding engine components filthy.

I have since put the breather pipe back on the airbox until I can be bothered to find a place to bolt my catch can on to and run the mini filter somewhere where I can't breathe any mist that gets past the can. The oily residue has returned since...

 

[phil22]

nice to know thanks

 

[captin_urbis]

engine back pressure

so yeah, found out why i had oil in my airbox

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the back pressure is bassicly oil from the bottom end comming up to the top (through the cylnder, due to the piston rings being broken or worn and getting through the valves then up into the airbox.

i need some very cheap solutions to this problem, thinking of new engine, dont want rid of the car although having lots of problems with it at the moment.