i jsut noticed this on my car. is there supposed to be a joint piece like that on the crank breather hose? and there's some oil in it is this normal?

 

a little oil is normal and your second picture is correct

 

You might want to replace the hoses and clean out the hardlines. My brother has a '03 passat 1.8t and his hard pipes were clogged with oil sludge and we just replaced everything all the way to the intake with rubber hose and a catch can. The can filled up with fast with some nasty crap for about a month and ever since, his system has been running much better with just a small amount of oil in the can ever oil change.

 

im retarded and not sure what u mean cincytt. can u give me like a pic. im a stubbornly visual person

 

That hose leaves the valve cover and runs all the way to the intake. I would replace the hoseor clean them if they are clogged due to oil build up.