steupton 0 Posted March 7, 2010 Major oil leak.! just gone out to the car and there a big oil patch just under the drivers side of the engine. popped the bonnet and everythin looks ok. lookin from underneath it looks to be commin from under the airbox. car is a 1.8l 16v any ideas where this could be commin from? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rustynuts 0 Posted March 7, 2010 Engine is breathing very heavily into the air intake system. If you open your airbox you will see it will be soaked in oil. Have you done an oil change recently, if you have over filled it will breath oil into the air system. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steupton 0 Posted March 7, 2010 yeah that seems likley tbh the airbox tray is covered. is this a major problem or can this be resolved quite easiley? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rustynuts 0 Posted March 8, 2010 It's not ideal. Have you checked your oil level? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites