blocked breather

[species8350]

I drive a Peugeot 205 1.6 GTI.

The breather gets very clogged with brown oily material.

I can clean the visible part, but cannot clean below the neck of the filler cap.

When I try to topup with oil it takes ages for the oil to penetrate through the oily grease.

Has anyone found a way around this problem

(I know that more regular cleaning helps.)

Thanks

A

 

[CoyoteBoy]

When I try to topup with oil it takes ages for the oil to penetrate

through the oily grease.

Has anyone found a way around this problem

(I know that more regular cleaning helps.)

Thanks

A

Im not very good at interpretting peoples interpretations of colour etc but a greasy brown substance?? You should either have oil or nowt, anything else leads me to suspect headgasket failure and emulsification of the oil and water, which creates a thickish greasy light brown mix?

J

 

[someone]

I have yet to work on a 205 gti that didnt have a blocked or clogged up breather pipe, and yes it takes ages to top it up with oil, i wouldnt blame your head gasket, i would blame the french for designing yet another world winner. (not) you could remove the whole breather assembly and clean it, but it will just get clogged up again. thats the way life goes. steve.
oxford.

 

[species8350]

Im not very good at interpretting peoples interpretations of colour etc but a greasy brown substance?? You should either have oil or nowt, anything else leads me to suspect headgasket failure and emulsification of the oil and water, which creates a thickish greasy light brown mix?

J

Thanks for responding.

I had a word with a mechanic who tells me that the greasy light brown mix is a condensation product that builds up over time. He tells me that all cars have this problem and its promoted by a lot of town driving (I do this). His advice is to just clean it out. The car runs very well, no loss of water at all.

I wonder how I can clean around that bend. Wire wont do it, flexible cable wont do it.

All the best

A

 

[species8350]

I have yet to work on a 205 gti that didnt have a blocked or clogged up breather pipe, and yes it takes ages to top it up with oil, i wouldnt blame your head gasket, i would blame the french for designing yet another world winner. (not) you could remove the whole breather assembly and clean it, but it will just get clogged up again. thats the way life goes. steve.
oxford.

I couldn't agree more

I don't want to dismantle the whole breather assembly. But have you found a way of cleaning beyond the bottom of the filler cap. It seems to make an odd angle and nothing seems to bend around the curvature.

A

 

[Ívar Pétur Guðnason]

I don't want to dismantle the whole breather assembly. But have you

found a way of cleaning beyond the bottom of the filler cap. It seems to make an odd angle and nothing seems to bend around the curvature.

I am not familiar with the 205, but have you tried pipe cleaners? Cotton clad, bendable iron, which was twisted and turned to clean grandfather's pipe ...

IPG

 

[Fitzy]

Try a product called Auto-RX, you will need to import it yourself from USA, well worth it, I have used it many times on all types of engines, it's especially good for cleaning breather systems, it also relieves back pressure and some oil leaks, by cleaning the gummed up piston rings, it goes in with the oil and stays there for 1000 miles,

http://www.auto-rx.com/

HTH
Fitzy

 

[G.T]

Hi,

Try a product called Auto-RX, you will need to import it yourself from USA, Mmmm...

cleaning breather systems, it also relieves back pressure and some oil leaks, by cleaning the gummed up piston rings, it goes in with the oil and stays there for 1000 miles,

.... It seems to me it's a kind of Winn's, Metal5, Bardhall... Am I right ?

 

[species8350]

Hi,

... It seems to me it's a kind of Winn's, Metal5, Bardhall... Am I right ?

What are the products you mention.

How do they work

Are they available in the UK

A

 

[G.T]

Hello,

What are the products you mention.

They are additives.

How do they work

They're made of particles which are said to improve / balance compressions, clean injectors and all this kind of things (depending of products). I'm not convinced by the effectiveness (spelling ?) of these products. Some of them are known to act as a "toxin" for the engine (i.e some of them need to be present at every couple of oil changes, or similar).

Are they available in the UK

No clue !

 

[Mindwipe (2)]

Hello,

> What are the products you mention.
They are additives.

> How do they work
They're made of particles which are said to improve / balance

compressions,

clean injectors and all this kind of things (depending of products). I'm not convinced by the effectiveness (spelling ?) of these products.

Some
: of them are known to act as a "toxin" for the engine (i.e some of them need

to be present at every couple of oil changes, or similar).

> Are they available in the UK
No clue !

waste of time money and effort

 

[Andy J]

I have yet to work on a 205 gti that didnt have a blocked or clogged up

I couldn't agree more

I don't want to dismantle the whole breather assembly. But have you found a way of cleaning beyond the bottom of the filler cap. It seems to make an odd angle and nothing seems to bend around the curvature.

A

Maybe if it is just condensation then if you give the car a good run and get the engine nice and hot then the water in emulsion will boil off and be expelled. I've just had the same problem and this solved it. Of course it'll just come back again in time but...

 

[G.T]

Hi,

waste of time money and effort

That's what I tend to think, too. No magic here, a set of worn pistons / oil rings for example, can't be as new with a pint of chemicals. For injector cleaners, I don't know.