oily air filter

chippy22 · #1 24th-August-2008, 15:03

come to change me air filter on the 2.5 n/a doozle pickup the other day , cracked the case open and took the breather pipe off , yer kno the standard procedure, but got a face full of black engine oil, seems to be coming from the breather pipe , in to the air filter then beeing sucked in to the manifold, completely choaked the filter, hence loss of power and smoke. so dropped the breather down the side of the engin for now, with new filter seems to run better but still smokes ? any ideas

DTZ · #2 24th-August-2008, 15:15

What colour smoke is it making now? Blue / white / black ? Is it the same colour smoke it was making before?

chippy22 · #3 24th-August-2008, 17:11

yeah blue , the same smoke as before

nobber · #4 24th-August-2008, 17:57

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Originally Posted by chippy22

so dropped the breather down the side of the engin for now, with new filter seems to run better but still smokes ? any ideas

might be why?
anyhow , the vapour from that tube is very toxic and can cause irreversable health problems. oil vapour/fumes is increadably bad for you, much much worse than exhaust fumes.

i had mine running into the chassis but when the car was in slow traffic it used to fill up with vapour.

really , your engine bay needs to be fume free if you can help it.

chippy22 · #5 24th-August-2008, 18:02

ah but if the breather pipe goes back on it will clog the bloody filter up again and back to square one a dirty oily filter and more smoke

boydy1989 · #6 24th-August-2008, 18:29

It shouldn't breathe that much oil, is it overfilled with oil? or is it just breathing very heavily anyway? Wheres POS when you need him...

chippy22 · #7 24th-August-2008, 18:34

its not over filled, i thinks its just breathing heavily?

TheVengefulElephant · #8 24th-August-2008, 18:35

get it to quit the fags then

chippy22 · #9 24th-August-2008, 18:39

should do really, but its a 23 yr old truck, cant just go tellin it what to do, got a bad attitude with it, will only chuck it back in me face

nobber · #10 24th-August-2008, 18:50

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Originally Posted by chippy22

ah but if the breather pipe goes back on it will clog the bloody filter up again and back to square one a dirty oily filter and more smoke

ah but if you dont

''Oil vapours often contain organo-phosphates, which cause short term symptoms like nausea, disorientation, headaches, tingling and fatigue. Long term affects are memory loss, permanent disorientation, fatigue, loss of visual percetion, loss of mental agility and speed, loss of co-ordination and depression''.

id put it back if i were you.
you arnt solving the problem buy removing the pipe , just its effects on your filter.

the oil could be down to a lot of things.
blocked crank case breather, old thin oil , a worn engine /rings/bores , oil pick up blocked in sump , also remove the dip stick , if it is pressurising it will spit oil out the dip stick tube.

mine does it but i just change the filter when i change the oil.
try some 20w50 oil in there.