Date:         Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:52:42 -0400
Reply-To:     Dave C <happycampers@PICUSNET.COM>
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From:         Dave C <happycampers@PICUSNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: What s inside the oil breather tower???
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on 4/12/2000 6:24 PM, James Shinosky at One88maroon@AOL.COM wrote:

> Anyone on the list has seen inside the oil breather tower? If so what
> does it look like inside? Does it get clogged easily and can be cleaned? I m
> determining to solve the oil dipstick popout problem and I am now down to
> both oil beather tower and the crankcase oil level... (the breathing tubes
> are fine...)
> James
> W88kender
> Anaheim, Calif
> 
I have on Vinnie, our '85 1.9L.
During my January refubish of the cooling system, this was one of the items
that I sealed an oil leak from. Inside the tower on the 1.9 there is a
plastic baffle oriented at about a 45º angle. Other than that, there isn't
anything else in there, just a coating of oil. Pretty simple really. I saw
nothing that would suggest that it would get clogged, but take it off and
see. Just get a new o-ring to replace the old one with and use sealant as
well for a leak free seal.
Hope this helps,
Dave C.
Williamsburg, VA
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