Lots folks will just use a piece of hose to connect the flange on the tower to the flange on the breather. No o rings, etc. Works like a champ on my rig. :-) Jon On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Claudio Cella wrote: > I've had to replace the one on mine and was not easy to find. You could go > to the VW dealer as they should have this available. I ended up finding a > smaller diameter sized one, the place i got it from also sold me a thin > spacer about 1 mm thick that fit in the o-ring groove between the o-ring and > engine case. The spacer gave the o-ring enough height to permit a proper > seal. > I was puzzled on why a simple o-ring was so difficult to find, but i was > told there are metric and standard size o-rings. Obviously, this one is > metric size. > As info. > Claudio Cella > 87 Vanagaon GL 7 pass > 90 Jetta TD > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jesse johnson" <jjmojo@suscom.net> > To: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 5:14 AM > Subject: Crankcase breather tower... > > > > Hey all, > > My crankcase breather tower is leaking oil. I want to > > replace the rubber o-ring at the base of the tower. Does > > anyone know if you can buy the 0-ring at a hardware store? > > Or is it a special size that you need to get from the > > dealer or a vw shop? > > anyone? > > thanks, > > jesse > > 89 carat > > > -- Jon Kenneke, General Manager Kenneke Communications - http://www.kenneke.com PO Box 3126 - Albany, OR 97321-0702 Radio Takena KTK - http://www.radiotakena.org |
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