air filter soaked with engine oil

[solidg]

Took my air filter off to check it. It was soaked with engine oil. What does this mean?
1992 dodge caravan v6 with 189,000 miles.

[webbee]

Usually oil in the filter housing denotes a clogged PCV valve. Change the valve and air filter and make a check to see if that solved the problem after driving a few hundred miles..

[waltham41]

That, or on such a high mileage motor, you have a condition known as "blow by" where there is compression escaping past your pistons because of worn rings or a damaged area in your piston cylinder, into the block and it is blowing oil vapor into the air filter area. I hope it is as simple as the PCV valve needing replaced as the previous poster mentioned.

Please let us know what it turns out to be.

[solidg]

replaced air filter and the pcv valve. hope this solves the problem. so i guess the only thing to do now, is to wait and see.