| Changing the crankcase breather |
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These breather pipes comprise two rubber joiner pipes, a solid pre-formed section, and a one way valve from the crankcase to the throttle body.
Chock the front wheels.
Look under the car just in front of the rear wheel for the sub-frame mounting bolts.
Use an E18 socket to slacken this off, wind the bolt until approximately ½ to 1" of thread is showing.
Now slowly jack up the car until the rear wheel lifts off the ground.
Now slacken the corresponding engine subframe bolt on the rear, and slowly lower until you have room to get your hands in.
Remove the vacuum pipe from the fuel pressure regulator.
If you have air-conditioning, you have even less space to manoeuvre, but the breather pipe connects to the crankcase just to the offside of the a/c pipes.
Reach around the back of the pipes to ease the rubber joining pipe from the crankcase. You can get someone to pull on the remaining pipe section if it helps.
Take your new pipe.
Reach around the back as before to push on the new pipe; it will go onto the connection much easier than it came off.
Ensure the routing and angle of the pipes are okay, so there are no twisting forces on the rubber joiners which may cause premature failure.
Reconnect the pipe onto the throttle body.
Reattach the vacuum pipe to the fuel pressure regulator.
Raise the engine back up to the subframe and re-tighten the bolts.
Lower the jack, remove the chocks, and just do a final check that the subframe bolts are tight. |








































