guineafowl21
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Hi all,
02 Td4 Freelander 183,000 miles.
A minor problem, but one I can't quite work out. It's started to develop a small puddle of oil around the oil filler cap. Each time I wipe it away, then a week later it's built up again. When I remove the cap with the engine running, there's a good amount of blowby.
Odd thing is, there's nothing, not even a peep, from the dipstick tube. From advice on here, I change the crankcase breather filter at every service, currently every 6 months.
I realise there's probably wear in the engine at this age, but why no pressure from the dipstick tube, and why hasn't the clean breather filter sorted it? Can the breather valve itself become blocked?
02 Td4 Freelander 183,000 miles.
A minor problem, but one I can't quite work out. It's started to develop a small puddle of oil around the oil filler cap. Each time I wipe it away, then a week later it's built up again. When I remove the cap with the engine running, there's a good amount of blowby.
Odd thing is, there's nothing, not even a peep, from the dipstick tube. From advice on here, I change the crankcase breather filter at every service, currently every 6 months.
I realise there's probably wear in the engine at this age, but why no pressure from the dipstick tube, and why hasn't the clean breather filter sorted it? Can the breather valve itself become blocked?
