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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Tony H on 14 May 2007, 20:04:20

Title: oily deposit advice needed please
Post by: Tony H on 14 May 2007, 20:04:20
yesterday I noticed some thing strange under the bonnet. on the panel that runs under the radiator and anti role bar there was a pool of what resembled engine oil although alot thicker. this fluid was also coating the anti role bar and the outside of the pre volume assembly. I removed the intake ducts to find a small pool of the fluid lying inside the pre volume assembly. inside the air intake duct from the air filter box was a sticky deposit on the walls of the duct. I looked at the block to see if I could find any signs of oil leaks but all seemed ok .Any body got any ideas of where this has come from :-/
Thanks in advance Tony
Title: Re: oily deposit advice needed please
Post by: Dazzler on 14 May 2007, 20:47:26
Sounds like the breathers are blocked and is now breathing heavy ie- oilly air is now being feed into the air intake system
Title: Re: oily deposit advice needed please
Post by: Markjay on 14 May 2007, 23:36:33
As Dazzler said...

The red lines show the route that the brown muck takes when dripping from the breathers (the black box on top of the plenum) into the Throttle Body:

(http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/451/image002vg6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

Take off the breather box and Throttle Body and give them a good clean, before your cam covers start leaking....
Title: Re: oily deposit advice needed please
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 15 May 2007, 09:57:59
And make sure your airfilter is clean.....or the engine will try to source its air through the crank case!
Title: Re: oily deposit advice needed please
Post by: Tony H on 15 May 2007, 18:07:22
Cheers for the replys and photo's guys :y