juicyjay7 Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 My car is burning oil and there is oil coming through the breather pipe into the air box does anybody know what this could be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyEunos Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Blocked crankcase breather/pipework seems likely...Loads of older VW engines do this I'm afraid, the good news is it's not usually indicative of any serious problems Take the pipework off and clean it out, monitor for further build up of 'mayo' and clean again as required IME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 to be fair, the oil breather pipe is supposed to breath oil back into the airbox, that is its job. If you want, you could get a catch can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyEunos Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 ^ Wise words, my experience (Ropey Mk4 Golf 1.4 16v) has been that when these pipes clog or get blocked oil consumption rises exponentially as oil is forced out here there and everywhere... @juicyjay7 Get the pipes checked/cleaned and also check and clean the oil breather module connected to the block if needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juicyjay7 Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 I did clean out the breather pipe it was all blocked with oil and some yellow stuff, it is still burning oil though is there somewhere else that could be blocked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyEunos Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Crankcase breather! When you say it's burning oil, how much? IIRC VW consider up to 1l per 1000 miles as 'within tolerance' for some engines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparkes43 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 ^^^^ ok i wont worry about mine then ahah, mine likes to use a good amount of oil tbf James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juicyjay7 Posted August 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 It doesnt seem like the oil is going down a lot but its going all up the back of my car which is quite annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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