liquid in air filter housing
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liquid in air filter housing
i believe i have a small amount of oil laying around my air filter. inside the housing theres a small puddle around the edges of what i think is oil. why is this happening, is it going to cause damage, and how can i fix it? i will post a picture shortly
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Re: liquid in air filter housing
it's the breather, i think it's just splashing oil up in there
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Re: liquid in air filter housing
well. my air cleaner is still getting oil in there somehow. i dont know why it would be coming up the oil breather like that. im also not sure if it has somthing to do with my car smoking every time i start it up.
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Re: liquid in air filter housing
Well first check the pcv hose, those tbi are known for carbon plugging the pcv & vacuum ports, if clogged, remove the whole tbi unit & use a drill to clean them out. Get a new base gasket.
Make sure the pcv valve rattles.
Have a leak down test done on the engine.
Really, if the vacuum hoses & pcv check out ok, driving the car around won't be too much of a problem. Just check you oil level every other fill up. Its probably down on power & might fail emissions test though.
Make sure the pcv valve rattles.
Have a leak down test done on the engine.
Really, if the vacuum hoses & pcv check out ok, driving the car around won't be too much of a problem. Just check you oil level every other fill up. Its probably down on power & might fail emissions test though.
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Re: liquid in air filter housing
Well first check the pcv hose, those tbi are known for carbon plugging the pcv & vacuum ports, if clogged, remove the whole tbi unit & use a drill to clean them out. Get a new base gasket.
Make sure the pcv valve rattles.
Have a leak down test done on the engine.
Really, if the vacuum hoses & pcv check out ok, driving the car around won't be too much of a problem. Just check you oil level every other fill up. Its probably down on power & might fail emissions test though.
Make sure the pcv valve rattles.
Have a leak down test done on the engine.
Really, if the vacuum hoses & pcv check out ok, driving the car around won't be too much of a problem. Just check you oil level every other fill up. Its probably down on power & might fail emissions test though.
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Re: liquid in air filter housing
i know my vacume hoses are messed up, the connections fall apart somtimes....that would cause it?
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