Re: Reply: Oil burning VR6 ?

[Matt Zajac <mzaj99@yahoo.com>]

Thanks Pete,
I'm affraid it might be something more serious given
the ammount of oil being burned, on the other hand I
just remember that EC had an article about some quick
fix for it which involved a PCV valve... . Anyway I
will check it out and let you know whats up.
Thanks

Matt Z. '98 Tred GLX

--- Peter J Loney <ploney@ptc.com> wrote:
> Matt, I recently noticed that my PCV valve was oily
> on the bottom side.  I
> then atttempted to remove the valve and in the
> process vrok the rubber
> section that it attached to the nipple sticking out
> of the valve cover.
> What next?  Replace the broken valvel.  i attempted
> to find a used one to no
> avail.  Next I called the dealer.  To replace the
> valve i had to buy a 4
> piece assembly that ran about $200. Ouch!  This
> leaky/old valve ended up
> being the cause of the oil in my intake area like
> your problem. The new
> valve has a stiffer material other than rubber like
> the orignal.  Now, yours
> might already have this new version of the valve as
> my car is a 95 and yours
> is a 98.  Check out the first section of hose that
> connects your valve to
> the valve cover.  If it is rubber, it might be
> leaking and also be letting
> oil bypass the valve ino the air intake.
> 
> Please reply with your results of your
> investigation.....
> 
> 
> 
> Take care......Pete....
> 
> 
> 
> 95 Red Jetta GLX, 68k miles
> 
> 
> 
> Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 11:10:19 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> From: Matt Zajac <mzaj99@yahoo.com>
> 
> Subject: Oil burning VR6 ?
> 
> Hi Folks
> 
> Couple of months ago I switched to Mobil 1 sybtetic
> 
> oil, ever since this moment my VR6 was burning one
> 
> quart of it every thousand miles (average) I found
> 
> that a lot of oil gets into my intake right before
> 
> throttle body where valvetrain cover vent is
> 
> connected.
> 
> When I swiched back to dino 10W30 Castrol, oil
> burning
> 
> problem stopped. Do you guys have any kind of
> 
> experiences with this sort of problem?
> 
> Any remedies?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Matt Z.
> 
> '98 Jetts TRed
> 
> 


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