serversurfer
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The kid at AutoZone didn't seem to think it was a big deal, but I'm not so sure.
I've got some kind of cold air intake on the car, and there was a hose running from the breather to the side of the intake. It was cracked at the breather, and oil was dripping from there. There was also oil running through the hose, in to the intake, and out through the air filter. I replaced the hose and the PCV valve, went home and washed the air filter. The kid thought it was normal to lose some oil from there, and suggested that if it bothered me to have the oil leaking out the air filter, I could replace the hose with a breather filter. I pointed out if I did that, I'd just have oil leaking from a different filter, and he said, "Oh, right."
So, it's been a few days since I did this, and I still have oil dripping out of the intake. It seems like there's less oil now, but I can't be sure, since I have no way to measure it. Is this actually normal? If so, how do I know how much is "too much"?
FWIW, the hose leading to the PCV looked okay, but I didn't pull it off and blow through it or anything. I didn't really look at the hose leading away from the PCV. If either of those are clogged at all, that may also cause the problem, right?
Oh, the kid I bought it from pointed out that it leaked oil. After I got it, I changed the oil and discovered his "solution" to keeping it topped up was apparently to run 6-7 quarts in it. ><
I've got some kind of cold air intake on the car, and there was a hose running from the breather to the side of the intake. It was cracked at the breather, and oil was dripping from there. There was also oil running through the hose, in to the intake, and out through the air filter. I replaced the hose and the PCV valve, went home and washed the air filter. The kid thought it was normal to lose some oil from there, and suggested that if it bothered me to have the oil leaking out the air filter, I could replace the hose with a breather filter. I pointed out if I did that, I'd just have oil leaking from a different filter, and he said, "Oh, right."
So, it's been a few days since I did this, and I still have oil dripping out of the intake. It seems like there's less oil now, but I can't be sure, since I have no way to measure it. Is this actually normal? If so, how do I know how much is "too much"?
FWIW, the hose leading to the PCV looked okay, but I didn't pull it off and blow through it or anything. I didn't really look at the hose leading away from the PCV. If either of those are clogged at all, that may also cause the problem, right?
Oh, the kid I bought it from pointed out that it leaked oil. After I got it, I changed the oil and discovered his "solution" to keeping it topped up was apparently to run 6-7 quarts in it. ><
