96 850 wagon leaking at CPS HELP!!!!

[Bmetguy]

Hi all on the Volvo Forum;

I have a problem - been researching here no this site, but no answers so hopefully I can get some help with my problem.

I am leaking oil around the rear camshaft position sensor. I read the thread about the https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/chat-a ... s/738.htmlAir Cleaner housing and the oil breather being clogged. Where is this oil breather? I have looked and looked but I can not find it. Can some one up load a pic so that I can find this, I would like to verify that it is not clogged before I tear it apart to replace the rear camshaft oil seals.

Thanks
Bmetguy

96 850 Marron/biege interior 55 engine Auto Trans.

[Ragman]

The oil breather is located under the intake manifold and has many vacumm type lines running from/and with the system. To verify the blockage, start the engine and pull the dipstick after the engine is warm. If you see smoke coming from the dipstick tube you will probably need to do an over haul of the pcv system which will include the breather trap you are looking for. FCP groton sells the complete kit depending on which engine you have. Turbo engines have a slightly different kit than non turbo's.

[Free2drive!]

I've had to do both seals on both my 850's niether had blocked pcv's. Changing the cps seal and the similar one behing the distributor was very easy. I would say a novice could do it though niether car was a turbo so simpler mechanics?
The seals were only a few quid from the dealers. I would do it soon as the oil could mess up your cps and give you no end of starting problems.
What mileage are you at?
Hope this helps.
Matt

[Bmetguy]

I have 142000 miles on this car.

Thanks for the information all