B3 90q oil leak and hunting idle

Tony Hoffman auditony at gmail.com
Thu Mar 20 18:30:02 PDT 2008


Yes, the crankcase vent could have something to do with it. The other
thing that comes to mind with the sound/idle issue is, what is teh car
charging at?

Tony Hoffman

> The oil seems to be leaking from the passenger side from behind the
> AC compressor area. I got a good enough look to think it is not the oil pan
> gasket or the valve cover. I still can really get a good enough look to
> confirm where it is coming from without removing the AC compressor.
>
>  Today I was getting a hunting idle 900 to 1300 rpm with increased noise
> coming form the fuel pump in conjuction with the rpm change, and the diff
> lock and brake light would lightly come on, it didn't really try to stall. I
> don't think it is the isv I cleaned it really well a few months ago, but I
> could be wrong.
>
>  The crankase vent hose was basically collapsed and I replaced it, the car
> seem to run better after that.
>
> TIA,Chris
>
>  My question is could the collapsed crankase hose be causing or
> contributing to the situation ?


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