That is curious. I replaced the breather tower with a half inch copper tube: http://neksiwel.20m.com/cgi-bin/i/images/p9110067.jpg and I would swear my oil consumption dropped dramatically. This engine has over a quarter of a million miles too. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ ----- Original Message ----- >> PLEASE .........do tell about this diaphragm-valve thing inside the oil >> breather tower >> On a waterboxer vanagon. >> Where did you get that ? > > OK, Scott ... check out this post on thesamba. Scroll down and you'll > see photos of where 10¢ Life cut one open with a sawzall to show a > deteriorated diaphragm. > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=295812&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 > |
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