My car is an old Nissan Sunny 1.6 F reg. I'm getting lots of oil coming out
of the oil breather pipe onto the air filter, especially if I give it lots
of revs. Is this likely to be expensive to fix as I'm wondering whether to
just scrap it and get something else.

Thanks in advance for any advice

Brian (adff@dfasfd.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying : 


> My car is an old Nissan Sunny 1.6 F reg. I'm getting lots of oil
> coming out of the oil breather pipe onto the air filter, especially if
> I give it lots of revs. Is this likely to be expensive to fix as I'm
> wondering whether to just scrap it and get something else.


Piston rings badly worn.

Bin it.

OK, I think I will then.

Cheers

"Adrian"  wrote in message
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> Brian (adff@dfasfd.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying :
>
> > My car is an old Nissan Sunny 1.6 F reg. I'm getting lots of oil
> > coming out of the oil breather pipe onto the air filter, especially if
> > I give it lots of revs. Is this likely to be expensive to fix as I'm
> > wondering whether to just scrap it and get something else.
>
> Piston rings badly worn.
>
> Bin it.

> > My car is an old Nissan Sunny 1.6 F reg. I'm getting lots of oil
> > coming out of the oil breather pipe onto the air filter, especially if
> > I give it lots of revs. Is this likely to be expensive to fix as I'm
> > wondering whether to just scrap it and get something else.


Simply remove the breather from the airfilter and point it down into the
bottom of the engine compartment..

SimonJ (me@mine.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :


>> > My car is an old Nissan Sunny 1.6 F reg. I'm getting lots of oil
>> > coming out of the oil breather pipe onto the air filter, especially if
>> > I give it lots of revs. Is this likely to be expensive to fix as I'm
>> > wondering whether to just scrap it and get something else.

> Simply remove the breather from the airfilter and point it down into the
> bottom of the engine compartment..


And how is this going to stop the worn rings letting the combustion 
pressures past to the extent that it emptys the sump through the breather?

It's not. It's just going to lob oil on the road.

K3wl.

"Adrian"  wrote in message 
news:Xns96B0BD8F34F0Dadrianachapmanfreeis@204.153.244.170...

> SimonJ (me@mine.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying 
> :
>
>>> > My car is an old Nissan Sunny 1.6 F reg. I'm getting lots of oil
>>> > coming out of the oil breather pipe onto the air filter, especially if
>>> > I give it lots of revs. Is this likely to be expensive to fix as I'm
>>> > wondering whether to just scrap it and get something else.
>
>> Simply remove the breather from the airfilter and point it down into the
>> bottom of the engine compartment..
>
> And how is this going to stop the worn rings letting the combustion
> pressures past to the extent that it emptys the sump through the breather?
>
> It's not. It's just going to lob oil on the road.


But if you aim it right it'll help stop the underside rusting :-)

cheers,
clive

Adrian  wrote:


> SimonJ (me@mine.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
> 
> >> > My car is an old Nissan Sunny 1.6 F reg. I'm getting lots of oil
> >> > coming out of the oil breather pipe onto the air filter, especially if
> >> > I give it lots of revs. Is this likely to be expensive to fix as I'm
> >> > wondering whether to just scrap it and get something else.
> 
> > Simply remove the breather from the airfilter and point it down into the
> > bottom of the engine compartment..
> 
> And how is this going to stop the worn rings letting the combustion 
> pressures past to the extent that it emptys the sump through the breather?
> 
> It's not. It's just going to lob oil on the road.


Just needs a catch tank (ie. beer can) zip tieing up somewhere in the
engine compartment. Empty once every few weeks. Job jobbed.


-- 
Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 2.0 TSpark Lusso - Passat 1.8 Turbo SE -  COSOC KOTL
BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

Wynns oil additive will reduce the problem.

SteveB (sbrads@nildramDOTcoDOTuk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they 
were saying :


> Wynns oil additive will reduce the problem. 


No, replacing the rings will reduce the problem.

It's an F-reg Sunny. It needs killing anyway, purely on the grounds of 
taste.

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:31:22 +0000 (UTC), SimonJ wrote:


>>> My car is an old Nissan Sunny 1.6 F reg. I'm getting lots of oil
>>> coming out of the oil breather pipe onto the air filter, especially if
>>> I give it lots of revs. Is this likely to be expensive to fix as I'm
>>> wondering whether to just scrap it and get something else.
> 
> Simply remove the breather from the airfilter and point it down into the
> bottom of the engine compartment..


I used to follow dicks like you on a bike once.

"Clive George"  wrote in message 
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> "Adrian"  wrote in message 
> news:Xns96B0BD8F34F0Dadrianachapmanfreeis@204.153.244.170...
>> SimonJ (me@mine.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying 
>> :
>>
>>>> > My car is an old Nissan Sunny 1.6 F reg. I'm getting lots of oil
>>>> > coming out of the oil breather pipe onto the air filter, especially 
>>>> > if
>>>> > I give it lots of revs. Is this likely to be expensive to fix as I'm
>>>> > wondering whether to just scrap it and get something else.
>>
>>> Simply remove the breather from the airfilter and point it down into the
>>> bottom of the engine compartment..
>>
>> And how is this going to stop the worn rings letting the combustion
>> pressures past to the extent that it emptys the sump through the 
>> breather?
>>
>> It's not. It's just going to lob oil on the road.
>
> But if you aim it right it'll help stop the underside rusting :-)


f reg sunny, bit late for that

The message <42fcdedf$0$1232$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net>
from "Clive George"  contains these words:


> But if you aim it right it'll help stop the underside rusting :-)


I had an Austin 1300 like that - but it was leaks rather than blows that
did it.

Sadly, the oil never went on the bits that were actually busy rusting.

-- 
Skipweasel.
Ivor Cutler - "Never knowingly understood."

You've obviously not got an old British bike then.  The engine breather on a 
1958 BSA A10 650cc twin was great for keeping the drive chain wet with oil. 
I once broke some piston rings 150 miles from home and eventually melted one 
piston and still got it home on one and a bit cylinders and a gallon can of 
oil all used up to top up the oil every 20 miles, with a friend following in 
his car in case I broke down, but he had to stop halfway because his 
windscreen was covered in my oil.

What do you mean :-), my son's 1985 Cherry hasn't got any rust to speak of 
and has never failed an MOT for it or anything else either.  It also drives 
better than a newish Peugeot 106 I tried recently, not that that's anything 
to get excited about.  Nissans only rusted before approximately 1985, my 82 
Sunny had to have one sill in 1996 at 170,000m.  Anything before 82 was bad 
in the extreme for rust.

"SteveB" <sbrads@nildramDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in
news:ttGdnRqYLKyzZGHfRVn-sw@pipex.net: 


> What do you mean :-), my son's 1985 Cherry hasn't got any rust to
> speak of and has never failed an MOT for it or anything else either. 
> It also drives better than a newish Peugeot 106 I tried recently, not
> that that's anything to get excited about.  Nissans only rusted before
> approximately 1985, my 82 Sunny had to have one sill in 1996 at
> 170,000m.  Anything before 82 was bad in the extreme for rust. 
> 
> 

Heh. When I was little, my dad had a 1979 Datsun Violet. The mechanical 
condition was superb. One could hear the clock ticking when sat in it with 
the engine idling, which was quite impressive for an average car of it's 
day. But he had to get rid of it after a year or two, because the damn 
thing was rotting to bits!


-- 
Stuart Sharp

SteveB (sbrads@nildramDOTcoDOTuk) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying : 


> my son's 1985 Cherry hasn't got any rust to speak of


More's the pity.

Brian (adff@dfasfd.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying : 


>> It's an F-reg Sunny. It needs killing anyway, purely on the grounds
>> of taste.

> Well, I actually liked having a car that virtually nobody would think
> of nicking.


I think you've found the one good reason to own/drive it...

I doubt if the rings are worn anyway, it's not a Ford, more likely they are 
just gummed up with varnish and stuck in the ring grooves, losing 
compression.  An overnight soak with Redex down the plug holes will free 
them up a good bit, but there's more powerful cleaners available like Power 
Booster from Ecotek which is amazing stuff on old engines.

In article , Chris Street 
says...


> I used to follow dicks like you on a bike once.
> 

2 stroke that just chucks it straight out the exhaust?

-- 
Conor

If Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened 
rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic 
music.

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 00:13:26 +0100, Conor wrote:


> In article , Chris Street 
> says...
> 
>> I used to follow dicks like you on a bike once.
>> 
> 2 stroke that just chucks it straight out the exhaust?


Set up properly it shouldnt chuck out any more slippery stuff than your
lorry does from the exhaust. However it was a 4 stroke since I've never
been fond of having my nuts revved off by one of Yamaha's finest.

Although if I could have found a GT750 I would have been tempted....

"Brian"  wrote in message 
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> My car is an old Nissan Sunny 1.6 F reg. I'm getting lots of oil coming 
> out
> of the oil breather pipe onto the air filter, especially if I give it lots
> of revs. Is this likely to be expensive to fix as I'm wondering whether to
> just scrap it and get something else.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice
>


probably just has a blocked up breather system that needs servicing

mrcheerful