Originally Posted by
paulhussein
Hi,
I am having trouble with a breather that was with the car when I bought it.
On 1 bar everything seems ok, but with 1.5 bar oil leaks from the seals. So I guess I have either a problem with the breather, or my piston rings are gone ? which creates a buildup of pressure in the engine
The thing is, the previosu owner fitted the breather. I dont know if it was fitted correctly. Does someone have instruction son fitting a breather ?
One thing I have noticed is it still has the
red valve/junction which seems to pop open from time to time, so maybe that is blocked/faulty or shouldnt be presemt at all.
Can someone advise the best way forward to diagnose this problem.
what set up is it? Bailey type? if it is (most common) then you will have 4 take offs on the breather itself
top 2 = 1 goes to the rocker cover, the other goes to inlet side of the block, but you need to
remove the standard set up completely which includes the red/black ball shaped thing i assume you are describing above.
bottom 2 = the smaller pipes feeds back to the block through an adapter on the turbo side of the block. the other just vents to atmosphere
are the pipes filled up with oil?
get some pics up and we'll take a look