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Old 12-09-2009, 02:16 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by wyatt View Post
The guys that told me it was "probably clogged" said so based on there being oil in the air filter compartment. Is there another way of telling without actually removing the filter and inspecting it?
Without being familiar with your specific model of car, I'd venture to say that if I was seeing a lot of oil in the air filter housing I'd look for overfilled crankcase oil sump, or excessive blowby from a badly worn engine, or excessive restriction in the air intake (causing a meaningful amount of vacuum on what should be the atmosphere side of the throttle body).
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