Member Since: 17 May 2019
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TDV6 oil separator
Has anyone a good description how to get out (and in) this damned oil separator?
Maybe with pictures of better in a video?
Hope for help
29th Jan 2020 10:18 pm
mek
Member Since: 18 Mar 2015
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What I will say is that if you treat this as a novelty Christmas Puzzle you will get there! Sort of twist it to the left, flatten it down whilst bringing it forwards and the persuade it out is my recollection. You do have to force the plastic ever so slightly more than feels comfortable. But not much at all really. It probably took me 2 hours the first time due to fear but subsequently no more than 5 minutes
30th Jan 2020 1:16 am
garrycol
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What is a oil separator?
30th Jan 2020 1:27 am
wedgev8
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This is it. In the middle rear of the engine under the engine cover.
30th Jan 2020 6:49 am
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
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garrycol wrote:
What is a oil separator?
It seperates the oil vapour from the oil droplets the vapour contains, and returns the oil to the sump.
Used to be simple devices before emissions became an issue.
30th Jan 2020 6:57 am
garrycol
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Ok thanks - an oil catch can.
30th Jan 2020 10:15 am
Pete K
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well no. that catches oil into a bottle.
and the other returns it to the sump
Anyway I think you squeeze the bottom pipes together hard and pull it out over the cam cover.
Well on early models you do that.
Last edited by Pete K on 30th Jan 2020 5:38 pm. Edited 1 time in total
30th Jan 2020 12:09 pm
wedgev8
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...I will try it...
30th Jan 2020 2:41 pm
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30th Jan 2020 8:22 pm
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