Oily recirc valve
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Oily recirc valve
Hello,
So I changed my recirc valve today for one of the up graded new VW?Audi ones. the old one was pretty oily inside which I assume is not too good. This coincides with a mate saying he could smell burning oil when we were driving pretty hard down the motorway (safely of course ) Could be many things I know from oil seal in the turbo (hope not ) to breather system. Could anyone run me through how I go about cleaning the breather system please?? Not sure where to start.
Thanks
So I changed my recirc valve today for one of the up graded new VW?Audi ones. the old one was pretty oily inside which I assume is not too good. This coincides with a mate saying he could smell burning oil when we were driving pretty hard down the motorway (safely of course ) Could be many things I know from oil seal in the turbo (hope not ) to breather system. Could anyone run me through how I go about cleaning the breather system please?? Not sure where to start.
Thanks
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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Re: Oily recirc valve
Provided that it is oil residue from oil mist and not sludge, I would not be worried.
R
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Re: Oily recirc valve
Hi, yeh it's not sludge, just a sticky black coating, you cant tell it's there until you touch it. So not a problem you think??
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
----------------------------------------------------------
'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
----------------------------------------------------------
'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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Re: Oily recirc valve
I dont think so - it's fairly normal to find a light coat of oil in the intercooler on turbo cars, so unless its either pouring out, or really sludgy, I would not worry. Consider that the crankcase ventilation system vents into the turbo under boost.
R
R
Re: Oily recirc valve
Yeh, makes sense thanks. It's just when my friend said they could smell burning oil it's got me worried and I'd like to find out what that is.
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
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'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
----------------------------------------------------------
'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
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- Started learning about 480
- Posts: 79
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Re: Oily recirc valve
When my 2.0ES and Turbo get a seriously hard thrashing, there is a burning smell from somewhere - I presume it's things getting hotter than intended...
Re: Oily recirc valve
Thanks. But they weren't in my car they were behind in their car. I don't smell anything from inside the car.
'95 Storm Grey 323 Manual Turbo, Richmod
----------------------------------------------------------
'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
----------------------------------------------------------
'95 Flame Red Celeb, Nos.191, 2 litre, LPG, used to be Adams ;) SOLD
'95 Vase Green Turbo~ Vanessa~ 'Serendipity' manual, Richmod. RIP
'90 Light Blue 480 Turbo auto....RIP
'68 VW Type 3 1.6 auto Lotus White,Swedish import. SOLD
Audi 80 coupe Gold...pimp my ride! RIP
'76 Bug, Ocean Blue, lowered, Empi wheels.RIP
'72 Bay window VW Camper 1600 twinport. Sold
Re: Oily recirc valve
my tuppence would suggest that if no clouds of blue smole as on/off throttle then your turbo isn't passing oil through the seals.
a wee thin film of oil is 'normal' as the oil breather system is never going to pull out ALL the entrained oil from eth crankcase, as teh rings wear then more oil will blow-past.
if REALLY cooking it like hammering a round a track then best to leave bonnet open so the hot oil doesn't light up (a guy was thrashing the t% around Alford a few weeks back, wheel spinning on auto test etc and when came back to paddock, there was a 'blue haze' )
a wee thin film of oil is 'normal' as the oil breather system is never going to pull out ALL the entrained oil from eth crankcase, as teh rings wear then more oil will blow-past.
if REALLY cooking it like hammering a round a track then best to leave bonnet open so the hot oil doesn't light up (a guy was thrashing the t% around Alford a few weeks back, wheel spinning on auto test etc and when came back to paddock, there was a 'blue haze' )
Alan
480 ES 2litre 'Celebration' ? , C30 1.8ES, SS1
480 ES 2litre 'Celebration' ? , C30 1.8ES, SS1
Re: Oily recirc valve
to me happen the same, we was in mountain, my freind was behind me with scooter and whe we arrive he told the same, your car have burn oil odor
Re: Oily recirc valve
do u have a code o model of that vw recirc valve, thanksRachel wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:12 pmHello,
So I changed my recirc valve today for one of the up graded new VW?Audi ones. the old one was pretty oily inside which I assume is not too good. This coincides with a mate saying he could smell burning oil when we were driving pretty hard down the motorway (safely of course ) Could be many things I know from oil seal in the turbo (hope not ) to breather system. Could anyone run me through how I go about cleaning the breather system please?? Not sure where to start.
Thanks
Re: Oily recirc valve
Audi TT dump valve: 0280142114DEATH wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 1:29 pmdo u have a code o model of that vw recirc valve, thanksRachel wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:12 pmHello,
So I changed my recirc valve today for one of the up graded new VW?Audi ones. the old one was pretty oily inside which I assume is not too good. This coincides with a mate saying he could smell burning oil when we were driving pretty hard down the motorway (safely of course ) Could be many things I know from oil seal in the turbo (hope not ) to breather system. Could anyone run me through how I go about cleaning the breather system please?? Not sure where to start.
Thanks