just changed my breather pipe, and found mayo inside the pipe :(

I checked oil cap and dipstick both was clean, but should I be worried, oil breather pipe had a big hole in the side So im hoping this is what caused it ??

Also when removing the old breather pipe I snapped the part it goes onto, I managed to get pipe wedged inside the new breather and jubilee clip it up, will this be ok for now ?

this is the part im going to be replacing it with,

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item257842d219

has anyone done this yet, and how easy is it to get at the bottom part, as it looks quite hidden when I had a quick look (gone dark now)

Quite normal, have a word with Clive, he is a C.M dealer may be able to do you a better price

Quiet normal and made worse by time of year and all damp weather we've had this year

just changed my breather pipe, and found mayo inside the pipe :(

I checked oil cap and dipstick both was clean, but should I be worried, oil breather pipe had a big hole in the side So im hoping this is what caused it ??

Also when removing the old breather pipe I snapped the part it goes onto, I managed to get pipe wedged inside the new breather and jubilee clip it up, will this be ok for now ?

this is the part im going to be replacing it with,

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item257842d219

has anyone done this yet, and how easy is it to get at the bottom part, as it looks quite hidden when I had a quick look (gone dark now)

Yep that pipe is the right one for you.

Also the top pipe in that pic on ebay tends to split that joins the pipe you refer to. Finding mayo in those pipes is common as they are breather pipe and deal with the crud and condensation coming from top of engine. Mainly in cold weather and cold starts the mayo builds up. Longer runs and blasts down motorway fixes that. Or fit a oil catch can.

You can get to bottom part under manifold if you remove the metal panel in front and br careful removing small hoses.

I have pics if needed

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Quite normal, have a word with Clive, he is a C.M dealer may be able to do you a better price

thanks is his user name just Clive or is that his name ? just dont want to message someone random lol

Quiet normal and made worse by time of year and all damp weather we've had this year

thanks helps ease my mind

Yep that pipe is the right one for you.

Also the top pipe in that pic on ebay tends to split that joins the pipe you refer to. Finding mayo in those pipes is common as they are breather pipe and deal with the crud and condensation coming from top of engine. Mainly in cold weather and cold starts the mayo builds up. Longer runs and blasts down motorway fixes that. Or fit a oil catch can.

You can get to bottom part under manifold if you remove the metal panel in front and br careful removing small hoses.

I have pics if needed

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You mean this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160808939469?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

its what I was replacing today, when I split the lower one,,

Pics would be great though please, help give me a idea of what im doing

thanks is his user name just Clive or is that his name ? just dont want to message someone random lol

thanks helps ease my mind

You mean this one http://www.ebay.co.u...4.m1439.l2649??

its what I was replacing today, when I split the lower one,,

Pics would be great though please, help give me a idea of what im doing

Yes that is the one I meant

This is the std lower pipe below (that you can also see in above pic under the silicon Y pipe) , not it does not have the T section on like the silicon(number 11 in ebay pic) one so you will have to remove the the T piece from the block pipe

To get to the lower pipe you need to remove engine covers and then remove this bracket and pipes.

Here is the lower section where the lower breather slots into. Can see I had mayo in mine too. That is ebay pic 11.

I junked most of my pipes and fitted a OCC

here is that thread

http://www.briskoda....-guide-install/

Edited 5 January, 201313 yr by Bowders1

Thanks pics are a great help, will go for just replacing the pipe for now, and when cash is in a better situation I might go for the catch can,, Was it a specific kit for the octavia, if so where could I find it so I can get rough price etc

and thx again

The biggest problem is where the S pipe is connected to a T joint, it usually leaks there.

Buy this: http://www.034motorsport.com/engine-components-18t-breather-hose-kit-mk4-18t-awwawpawv-reinforced-silicone-p-19987.html

The biggest problem is where the S pipe is connected to a T joint, it usually leaks there.

Buy this: http://www.034motors...ne-p-19987.html

thx but I already replaced part of that kit so it would work out expensive, I will buy the red part linked above, then it will match my other red pipes...

My car is 11.5 year old and I never seen something like this,my breather pipe is dry

My car is 11.5 year old and I never seen something like this,my breather pipe is dry

How do you drive your car and what type of journeys are you doing as the breathers are typical to have that for cars that are doing short journeys, slow drivers, none motorway drives, cold climate etc

It is not there all the time . If you were to blast it down the road and then pull pipe off you would expect it to be clean.

I drive in town and out of the city equaly,motorways very little because we have only 3 in this damn country

,in town I drive slowly (for better MPG) ,my country has a quite harsh climate ,summer we get often 37deg C and winter is mostly -15,last winter we got -25degC.

Overall I think the oil matters most.

my oil was only just changed less than a month ago, along with the oil pick up pipe, oil is still lovely and golden in the dipstick and under the oil cap.. so I wouldn't blame my oil, but my breather pipe did have a big hole in the side adding to any problem the breathers already have..

Short journeys cause it and the weather doesn't help. Colder weather would be better, I doubt you get much damp floating about in the air at -25

Time to get worried is when inside of the oil cap is caked with mayo or if you start losing coolant.

Yeah, maybe it's down to humidity. In uk or Ireland if I found one of these pipes clean and dry on the inside it would mean nothing was going through it to me.. ha! Strange how much of a difference it makes. maybe you get some when seasons are changing and it get cleaned out again when air dries up? when I replaced my pipe it was kinked and the kink was holding back a big lump of this sludge. when i started it up after replacing for 19mm hose, it must have passed through a load into the inlet and it was smokey for a day or 2 after. Was getting worried to be honest.

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Would this breather pipe been split affect the power of the car, the pipes cracked of at one end( top end) and the car seems asthough its not boosting as well?

Yeah it'll lose you power alright