little ghost
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Hi, noticed a little oil in the pipe that leads to the dump valve the other day... It's bad isn't it? 
That shouldn't be there...
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Not necessarily. If you have the stock breather system feeding back into the inlet you will get a small build up of oily deposits inside the induction system. Unless you have a lot of oil I wouldn't worry too much.
If you have oil pouring out, then it's bad It could be a sign of excess blowby combined with some overfilling, but in this case you'll get alot of smoke from the exhaust too.
If you have oil pouring out, then it's bad
It could be a sign of excess blowby combined with some overfilling, but in this case you'll get alot of smoke from the exhaust too.little ghost
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:? Thanks mate. I don't feel so bad now. Visions of worn piston rings or summat worse. :roll:
There's no stock intake system on my car (no airbox, just the usual filter and BOV.) does that make any difference?
There's no stock intake system on my car (no airbox, just the usual filter and BOV.) does that make any difference?
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chris-b
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not really
most turbo's do it
most turbo's do it
OZ-Racing
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I'm no expert, but I think 'Fast Guy' is referring to the oil breather, which I believe feeds back into the air intake system. If I understand it correctly, this is a kind of wier that the oil flows over and if clogged-up some oil can pass into the air intake :?
Could somebody verify whether I do have a vague idea of what I'm talking about, or whether it's complete bull :roll:
Could somebody verify whether I do have a vague idea of what I'm talking about, or whether it's complete bull :roll:
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chris-b
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engines need breather systems fitted as pressure can build up in the engine
pcv-is where the crankcase can ventilate to lose the pressure. By law this pressure-smelly oily, fumey crap cant just go to atmosphere, so must be fed back into the induction to be reburnt!
hence an oily film on the induction side. if you take off the i/c you will see its all oily!
that help!
pcv-is where the crankcase can ventilate to lose the pressure. By law this pressure-smelly oily, fumey crap cant just go to atmosphere, so must be fed back into the induction to be reburnt!
hence an oily film on the induction side. if you take off the i/c you will see its all oily!
that help!
CorrectOZ-'R'acing said:I'm no expert, but I think 'Fast Guy' is referring to the oil breather, which I believe feeds back into the air intake system. If I understand it correctly, this is a kind of wier that the oil flows over and if clogged-up some oil can pass into the air intake :?
Could somebody verify whether I do have a vague idea of what I'm talking about, or whether it's complete bull :roll:
little ghost
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Nice one, thanks folks. You've all completely lost me, but i gather my engine's not in trouble anyway so i'm :lol: