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Biscuits



Member Since: 27 Mar 2023
Location: Kent
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United Kingdom 2001 Defender 90 Td5 CSW Epsom Green
Oil misting on air filter
I've tried to Google/Search for an answer, but nohting really says it in black and white. Lots of catch-cans being fitted, "engine rebuild"...... Exclamation

My 2001 10p TD5 runs really nicely, c108k on the clock and has had a rebuild in the past by Juice Motors... but I do find that there's oil misting to the airfilter, on the intake/concertina side/clean side.

Seems a bit odd to me, but guess better than the MAF/Turbo side ?

Any help greatly appreciated.



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(yes, I really need to give the engine bay a good scrub!) 2001 90 TD5 SW - Juice Motors Resto Mod - Epsom Green
2024 90 D300 HSE X-Dyn HT - Santorini Black
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markb110



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England 2002 Defender 90 Td5 HT Epsom Green
The air box only pulls air from the outside world and not recirculated from the engine ( unlike my Turbo Diesel that would make a real mess of the air filter and the common fix would be to disconnect the breather so that it was directed towards the chassis).

At a very rough guess you could check first that the air filter installed isn’t actually an ‘oiled’ filter like a Piper Cross or K&N, other wise take out the inlet pipe and give it a wash in soapy water, dry and replace.

Apart from that I can’t see how oil could get to the filter.
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Biscuits



Member Since: 27 Mar 2023
Location: Kent
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United Kingdom 2001 Defender 90 Td5 CSW Epsom Green
Thanks for the info, looks like I've been looking at TDI and not TD5 info previously.

I have found this diagram, which confirms the only engine>intake connection is after the airbox and MAF/MAP sensors.

https://www.lrworkshop.com/diagrams/land-r...lter_53455 2001 90 TD5 SW - Juice Motors Resto Mod - Epsom Green
2024 90 D300 HSE X-Dyn HT - Santorini Black
Post #1048224 10th Oct 2024 10:17am
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