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Following on from Bazzyboys post about the oil breather upgrade and xmans advice i thought i would have a little investigation this morning as i had some spare time and access to the car
Unfortunately i had no parts to replace but i thought a pre investigation while i had time would help when i do change them....i mean how difficult could it be just a few plastic cover trims it won't take that long right!!!
Wrong .... what can i say that is a pig of an awkward job and dirty/messy to boot

I started by taking off the cover


and then after several curse words later managed to get the air filter covers off and filter out (this can be done without taking all the microfilter parts off b ut is really awkward especiall the last/back left hex nut )
I couldn't believe the amount of leaves/sh@t in there how the hell does that get in there..


So i thought why stop there while i have the time i may as well get out that microfilter housing and have a good look at that oil breather to see if i needed an upgrade one or not so i then took that apart.... man some of them screws are hard to get too



and here's some of the bits taken off .... no wonder they don't change the air filter when servicing how bloody awkward it is


I also started thinking shall i take of the intake manifold while i have got this far just to satisfy my curiosity about the swirl flaps (even though it's pretty evident that there not there ).... but thank god i ran out of time and had to put it all back together
Not a total pointles exercise as i know what i'm up against when i do change the parts now so it should be a lot easier

BTW did you see the state of the air filter looking at xmans pics in the other thread that is white when it's put in.

Real pig of a job. I changed my breather today.The thing was I had it all in bits a few months ago to change the air filter but didnt know about the oil breather. Anyway nice burner wouldnt mind one of those in my garage.
Dweeb

[quote=""thedweeb""]Real pig of a job. I changed my breather today.The thing was I had it all in bits a few months ago to change the air filter but didnt know about the oil breather. Anyway nice burner wouldnt mind one of those in my garage.
Dweeb[/quote]
Ahhhh so it was you then ...i knew someone had done a post on this with pics etc but couldn't find it yesterday iirc you had a pic with all the stuff layed out by the side of the car right? I was trying to find that post for some more reference to doing the job

'' Anyway nice burner wouldnt mind one of those in my garage. ''

Looks like it's about to set fire to the wood panel next to it

[quote=""philip600""]'' Anyway nice burner wouldnt mind one of those in my garage. ''

Looks like it's about to set fire to the wood panel next to it [/quote]

Why no fella thats just a few singe marks nothing to worry about .....that reminds me must get around to fire lining that stove suround
Damn that thing is nice now in the workshop on these colder mornings now

Just a quick update.
I got around to doing these jobs on friday after sourcing the parts from my local dealer who were surprizingly competitive in price air filter and new breather for £69.05 plus vat and also saved me waiting for delivery
With the help of bazzyboys and the dweebs threads it was a relativley easy job to do if you take your time and just remember what goes where.
It took me about an hour and a half to do from start to finish having sussed it out previously.
Top tip..... don't be a fool like me and take the micro filter housing apart (it is one biatch of a job and should i have read the dweebs how too i would have known that just two bolts and it comes out in one piece)
Here's afew pics of my efforts.....

You don't need to take out as much as this but it does make the job easier...





mine is an august 04 build and had the new breather asembly(i don't know if it had been changed before i purchased the car as some members with newer cars had the older type)


new filter next to old filter (You'll note Penny that the new one is available in a fluffy white/pink combo )



All fitted and ready to put the bits back



Thanks again to those who helped with part numbers and how too's etc ....my car can breath once again.

i'll be looking at doing this as part of my next service b4 xmas..
i can see it costing me a bomb in parts