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Old May 30, 2005 | 04:20 PM
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i have a major problem of a lot of oil entering my air filter box and clogging my air filter
anyone know the cause
ive got 1.6s 1990 ford fiesta usally runs like a dream but with all this clogging fuel use has vastly increased
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Old May 30, 2005 | 04:30 PM
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either a blocked breather pipe (had exactly the same thing on my cousins 1.4 cvh the other week) or excessive crankcase pressure.

check the breather pipes first all the way back and including where it goes into the crank case hopefully you will find something there. if not, time to start praying!
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Old May 30, 2005 | 06:00 PM
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checked breather pipe it is ok not blocked
could it be a drain from the the rocker housing is blocked?
if not how can i cure exsessive crank case preesure or is that terminal?
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