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Morning All

Had my bus serviced last year not long after purchase and air filter was very dirty, put this down to PO neglect ,however just had a service again and air filter is very black/sooty after only 3000 miles .I have noticed that around the inspection flap behind number plate does get pretty black aswell .Any ideas as what could cause this ? TIA

the bus is a 1.9 1Y diesel conversion 

what sort of air filter do you have ? post up a picture or two, every conversion is different so it is difficult to advise without knowing more - the black button marked i can be used to easily add pics when you post up a reply

Posting pics.

mechanic thinks may have a split in back box causing soot but why would this get into air box?I cannot see a split and because the back box is welded to the downpipe i cannot remove it without removing downpipe  aswell  but looks like the studs / nuts on the manifold are corroded so badly they will need to be cut and manifold looks like its seen better days !

sivan wrote: ↑29 May 2021, 21:01

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Your n/a diesel appears to be missing the breather valve in the cam cover, so it is inhaling oil vapour.

Thanks  Silverbullet, is that the ufo thing that attaches to rocker cover and the pipe that's already there?

Yes that looks like the part (not that I am any expert on diesels but all the ohc engines have one afaik)