LoopyLing Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" />Just had a nose... The car stalls often (almost every gear change) and is producing a lot of sooty smoke.Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Check the oil level on your dipstick - at a guess, I would say that when it was last serviced, whoever did the service overfilled it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoopyLing Posted April 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 oil is just over minimum, hasn't been serviced in 1yr / 15000... style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wacko:" border="0" alt="wacko.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubya Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 oil is just over minimum, hasn't been serviced in 1yr / 15000... style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wacko:" border="0" alt="wacko.gif" />Top up your oil then...The deposit inside the airbox is perfectly normal. It's the collection of oil vapour, that builds up from the breather. Put the lid back on, and carry on driving it style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stig247 Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 its normal just clean it out and give the throttle body a little spray with some cleaner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWR Lupo Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 its normal just clean it out and give the throttle body a little spray with some cleanerCorect, there is a pip[e that goes into the air box, its an oil breather and it will get oil up it, just do what stig said and clean the throttle body with brake cleaner, when you start it up after cleaning it will runn like a bag of nails but will soon sort its self out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 May also be worth removing the crank-case oil breather pipe and giving that a spray through to make sure there are no blockages... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanH Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Mine did, and is still doing the exact same thing. I took it all part and cleaned it and it works ok...ish. The problem I have and dont know if its connected is that it breaths really heavy and messes up the lambda every few months! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoopyLing Posted April 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 cheers folks! (strolls down to Halfords...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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