(the “didn’t fill” from above are all from AFTER the fix)

I did this a long time ago but I only posted it now because I wanted to make sure the issue is gone. And it is!

I finally found the culprit that’s been filling up my damn air filter, making the car run like shite and using oil like diddy.

It’s this at #4, the oil separator.

This car hasn’t had an oil change in a LONG time before I got it, gunked up the oil separator, clogged it, and the oil started going up instead of back down into the engine. Swapped, and you can see in the photo above how it was immediately fixed after. It’s actually pretty easy to remove, it just takes time to take off the airbox first, or at least that’s my mechanic told me. How he didn’t figure it out when I asked why I had oil in my airbox is beyond me, but whatever.

The whole job is almost as cheap as the oil I had to keep adding.

If you have this issue, you will see oil coming out from this tube that goes in the airbox at #36.

You didn’t ask for an auto troubleshooting tip? Well too bad!!!

Mine’s a Golf 4 1.4 petrol AXP by the way. Though, I think many cars have similar things.

If you know a community that could use this info lmk, I’m still trying to figure out lemmy.

  • schmorp@slrpnk.netEnglish
    14·
    5 days ago

    Not dull enough, I need more of this information! So where do I find explosion drawings and diagrams for my beautiful Opel Corsa A? He was eating a lot of oil. Doing strangely well since somebody overfilled the oil. The mechanics I’ve asked don’t want to fix, if they had time, they would replace piston rings (not enough mechanics around here).

    I want to keep the Corsa on the road, it’s such a good car. I wish it was only an oil separator - or better, if only I could keep ignoring the problem till doomsday as I have done so far. Inspection end of this month will tell how bad it all is I guess.

    • 87Six@lemmy.zipOP
      11·
      5 days ago

      I used this https://superetka.com/elsa/?marke=V&modelljahr_numerisch=2001&vtyp=1J1&mkb=AXP&gkb=DUW&dir=rl&dokument_id=69210697&hst=587001%2F3_RU

      You have to make a user and I think they will email you your password or something like that.

      You can use it for free but you will get popups. I really should chip in a bit. It’s really nice to use even if it doesn’t show EVERYTHING.

      I hope you can maintain it. This old golf 4 lasted me years and it’s also been mistreated. I’m trying to take care of it now. Never left me stranded EVER.

      This is what the UI is like. I think it’s just pulling in a screen from a VM with the app on it or something.

    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      I’ve actually coke’s high-level repair manual diagrams and information out of LON chatbots

      • schmorp@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        Searching for coke’s manuals gives me all information about how to repair my coca cola vending machine, and what are LON chatbots, please?

        • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          Text to speech fail. Ask LLM chatbots, copilot has been able to source me diagrams for a lot of non-free repair diagras i should NOT have access to.

          • schmorp@slrpnk.netEnglish
            1·
            3 days ago

            Oh no, I will not engage with LLM chatbots ever, for anything. Before I do that I’ll gladly walk, as the proud and stubborn luddite I am (which is why I’m driving a car from 1988 in the first place).

              • schmorp@slrpnk.netEnglish
                2·
                2 days ago

                I just remembered checking Anna’s archive and found the Hayes manual for my beloved Corsa A. Now I can do informed maintenance and at least some repairs.