Manford

I fitted a samco y pipe earlier and whilst I had the intercooler off I found oil.

I checked all down the back of the engine block under the intercooler and there is nothing. The outside of the standard y pipe was gunky air box end, but there was oil throttle body end of the intercooler.


I have pics but I cant remember how to include them, remembered now.





Where could the oil be coming from? I have my suspicions but want to see what the general concensous is.

My car doesnt burn oil, it seems to run fine, better since i fitted the y pipe and cleaned the oil out.

peter zippy reid

iTrader: (25)

Breather hoses fit a catch can

gazzawrx

iTrader: (11)

Could also be turbo but tbh a bit of oil is normal, its when theres quite a bit its more an issue.

Manford

Cool so fingers crossed it's just a bit of build up over time. I'll keep an eye on it.
I check the oil level reguarly and it hasn't moved since I did the oil change.

Sounds like it mite be a good idea to check through the breather houses and see how they are and aren't clogged. Just to confirm the hoses go from where to where?

JohnD

iTrader: (5)

The crankcase breather system feeds back to the induction system to be burnt by the combustion. There will be a build-up of oil (condensed crankcase vapour) in the IC As long as it's not soaked with oil in there, it's normal.

JohnD

Manford

Added pics to the original post.