Re: Oil spots on air filter

RF wrote:
> -->> T.G. Lambach <<-- wrote:
>> Oil is blowing into the air filter from the crankcase breather tube 
>> that's attached to the motor's valve cover. Either the motor is 
>> showing signs of wear - piston rings allowing blow-by or, if it has a 
>> vacuum pump, a leak somewhere in the car's vacuum system is dumping 
>> air into the motor (vacuum pump exhausts into the motor in many cases) 
>> that air then needs to be expelled - into the air cleaner.
>>
>> If the motor has done > 250,000 miles the rings become quite suspect 
>> except if you KNOW there's a vacuum leak(s) in the car.
> 
> 
> Thank you T.G.L.
> 
> The car has a mere 90,200 miles on it and the oil has been checked and
> changed regularly, so there should be little wear. I'll have to look for

> that
> vacuum pump and its lines. At one point a few years ago I did have to
> change a small plastic piece that was supposed to be part of a vacuum 
> system.

The part I replaced was the Vacuum Control Unit