Significant Oil leak - intercooler plumbing

[ericcs]

maybe your getting a bit more blow by as the engine gets older. try removing the intake hoses each side of the pcv valve. if it's dry above, and wet below, then that's what's probably happening. As well as cleaning out all the oily intake system, and resealing the pipes, so they don't leak, you might want to install a catch can, so the oily vapours don't make it back into your intake!

[Sherwy]

Picked up the van this afternoon with a clean bill of health. Just leaking seals at all the junctions. Stripped cleaned up and re-seated the seals and all good. Now to give her a tidy up ready to sell. Thanks for your input fellas.

Cheers,

Sherwy.

[Sunny43.5]

Great result , from your first posts it looked like a goner so now it lives to fight another day .

[Sherwy]

Yep very happy. I guess I just badly underestimated just how much blow by these modern diesels produce. My mechanic said he's seen a hell of a lot worse. Giving her a tickle up now to sell. Pick up the new Amarok on Friday.