Excess oil in the air intake is usually caused by excessive blow-by from the
pistons.

Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: JLDilworth <JLDilworth@AOL.COM>
To: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU <Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU>
Date: Saturday, December 06, 1997 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: Oil in intake air distributor (2.1L)

>Ken Lewis, thanks for the idea about looking for oil in the rubber boot
that
>connects the throttle body and the air flow sensor.  Yes, it's there, so
we're
>still sucking oil through the crankcase breather, even with the oil level
at
>the low mark on the dipstick.
>
>Any ideas about why it would do that?
>
>John Dilworth
>'86 Westy Syncro (74K)
>