What is this and how to I fix it?

1. user_57322 Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 334

   #1 28th March 2012, 09:43

   Hi guys,
   
   I have some kind of oil feed on my engine block that pops off slightly under driving, and leaks oil.
   
   Can anyone shed any light onto exactly what it's feeding oil to and how I can fix it?
   Have attempted Tiger Sealing it to the block, and the previous owner tried to use chemical metal to keep it in place - neither worked.
   
   Cheers guys
2. user_57322 Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 334

   #2 28th March 2012, 09:44

   
   
3. saxo_singh Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2009 Birmingham Posts: 4289 02 VTR'd Furio, 07 Audi A4 Avant S Line

   #3 28th March 2012, 09:47

   I think that's the breather pipe?
4. user_57322 Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 334

   #4 28th March 2012, 09:48

   I do have a oil catch tank, and the breather pipe comes off that.
   
   Haven't actually been able to trace this yet - as it takes quite a complicated route around my engine bay
5. user_57322 Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 334

   #5 28th March 2012, 12:29

   The oil breather and catch tank come off the smaller diameter blue hose that's running left-right in the first pic. So definitely not that
6. kennym1987 Established Member Joined: Sep 2007 Armadale, West Lothian Posts: 1230 flatty 16v sleeper and a regular vts

   #6 28th March 2012, 12:50

   its a breather. usually it would have a pipe going from it to the induction kit. when mine came loose i just wedged it in with the sealant and its never came back out
7. user_57322 Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 334

   #7 28th March 2012, 18:07

   What sealant did you use? Not having much luck with it!
8. kennym1987 Established Member Joined: Sep 2007 Armadale, West Lothian Posts: 1230 flatty 16v sleeper and a regular vts

   #8 29th March 2012, 18:13

   can't remember now. hight temp sealant? thats what it was held on with before it fell off. the sealant that was stuck on the elbow, i just wedged in the hole first as i was putting it back on. my mate told me to use araldite but its been fine so far