Why is oil coming out to the breather pipe? - 2001 Volkswagen GTI

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Oil is coming from pcv or breather pipe. You probably have excessive piston ring wear causing blowby and forcing combustion gasses up the engine and into the breather and pcv system. Oil will come with the gasses if not filtered out. Check the pcv valve for proper operation and check any breather cap for baffles to keep the oil in the valve covers. Also consider getting an engine rebuild, if you want to keep the car.

If you mean the breather is throwing out oil then you have a problem as this is caused by back pressure within the engine ,cause worn piston rings

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overall the engine does not mean the problem is solved ! sorry. the oil coming out the breather means the engine is not breathing properly. if the arrangement of the rings on the piston is not correct , the engine will have a blow-by... causing sump compression... and push oil through the breather. also sludge blocking passages ie. the tappet cover, will also cause a problem.

I would recommend an oil change first and second I suggest that you get in the habit of checking and topping up the oil as it is critical that you keep the oil level correct. Less oil hotter oil hence smoke and possible engine failure

either the engine breather is gummed up or their is piston ring blow back .check the engine breather pipe first as their is often a gauze filter in them on certain models of vehicles and without regular oil changes they become carbonised up

HI KEVIN.oil from breather is no a good sign.sound like back pressure.but if there is no smoke any where give an engine flush and clean all return hoses and mesh filters.good luck.ali

Does the engine breather pipe have a pcv valve on it?
How much oil do you have to add? in a week? In a month?

sounds like one of the oil breather pipes is bloked wich will cause oil to feed to the cylinder wich will cause smoke and uneavan running wich will cause the car to **** when standing. take off all breathing pipes main ones come from the rocker covers clean them and put them back. the main engine breather will come out of the engine block do the same.