M1 2UPO Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Hi, My boyfriend has gone to work and given me the kind / exciting job of posting a picture of a peculiar looking thing, that i think is the air filter(im gona feel like a prat if it isnt a air filter) and he would like me to ask you guys, does the air filter look ok??Thanks guys M1 2UPO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niche Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 That's hardly any oil compared to mine, it would be fine for a few more months or so.I would recommend he spray some carb cleaner down the throttle body to clean it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 It looks ok to me, well thats what mine looked like when i took it out, its just the gunk from the crank case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_273 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 So a bit of oil is ok then? I never noticed any oil in my 1.4 at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpo Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Mine had nowhere near as much oil in it as that when it came out and was replaced with my bmc, though the car only had about 20k on the clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR TURBO SPORT Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 i changed mine only two days ago and it looked like that . but end off the day my car has 109k on the clock and the last time the book was stamped was 89k???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1 2UPO Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 yer it has been changed now as i wasnt to happy with the looks of things thanks alot for your feedback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Mine looked like that when I changed it a week or so back. Whilst I had the filter box open I sprayed all round it with carb-cleaner and gave it a good clean out and then done the throttle body as that looked a bit goopy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 If that was my filter, and it was already out the car Id replace it.They cost less than £20! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupoEnvy Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Seems pretty normal to me - mine was like that - don't know when it was last replaced as I've only bought mine recently. Whacked a new one in and mopped up the gunk in the filter box n tube across the top. Lucky guy who never had oil in his!!! Sorry to go off topic a bit - regarding cleaning the throttle body - what exactly do you clean - my butterfly valve/inlet was clean n shiny - is it just this that you clean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 LupoEnvy - yeah, thats the bit. Mine had a film of oily goo in so I sprayed carb-cleaner in there and wiped it all up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 If its clean and opening without sticking dont worry about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupoEnvy Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Nice one - cheers, thats reassuring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niche Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I got my mann filter off ebay for a tenner delivered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_273 Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Seems pretty normal to me - mine was like that - don't know when it was last replaced as I've only bought mine recently. Whacked a new one in and mopped up the gunk in the filter box n tube across the top. Lucky guy who never had oil in his!!! Sorry to go off topic a bit - regarding cleaning the throttle body - what exactly do you clean - my butterfly valve/inlet was clean n shiny - is it just this that you clean?Yeah thats what you clean, usually there are black deposits around the edge of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupoEnvy Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Mine was nice n clean (even though the rest was gunked up)! Good thing about all the advice is...I'll know what to keep an eye on and what to do if its gets nasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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