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Robin Hood Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 279 Nottingham Gender: Drives: Dirty Elite estate	Crankcase breather on V6 13. Jul 2006 at 13:55 Just started to clear my breather but can not get the wipers off. Have removed the cap, nut and washer - is there anything I've missed or do I just need to be more forceful? Thanks
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boss Newbie Offline Fat Contoller Posts: 34 Lesta Gender:	Re: Crankcase breather on V6 Reply #1 - 13. Jul 2006 at 13:56 Brute force and a little left right wiggling will do it.....knuckle scraping though
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Crankcase breather on V6 Reply #2 - 13. Jul 2006 at 13:56 Nope thats it. Sometimes they stick. I find, folding wiper up, then pressing down where the folding bit hinges, often helps...
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Robin Hood Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 279 Nottingham Gender: Drives: Dirty Elite estate	Re: Crankcase breather on V6 Reply #3 - 13. Jul 2006 at 14:01 Thanks for the quick replies folks. As I thought - Since the wipers don't look like they have been off for a while, guess the breather is overdue for a clean.
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Marks DTM Calib Administrator Offline Ex Member Posts: 25671 Northern Hemisphere Gender: Drives: Astra J, Mum Bus, Dexta Tractor, 108 DMU wip	Re: Crankcase breather on V6 Reply #4 - 13. Jul 2006 at 15:59 If you get realy stuck then a ball joint splitter, the type with the wind in bolt, works quite well apparantly
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Salty Ex Member	Re: Crankcase breather on V6 Reply #5 - 13. Jul 2006 at 17:20 it worked on mine last week, passenger side would not come off till I used the splitter.
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Re: Crankcase breather on V6
Reply #6 - 13. Jul 2006 at 19:53

Got the wipers off and now everything stripped down ready to be cleaned.

However, now that the plenum is off, I've noticed the end of a pipe that I'm sure I didn't disconnect! It rises at the back of the engine just to the right of the breathers I have removed. It has an external diameter of 10mm and is more rigid like a vacuum hose. Any idea what it is and where it should be connected?

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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Crankcase breather on V6 Reply #7 - 13. Jul 2006 at 20:01 If yours is an auto, its the autobox breather. Doesn't connect
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Robin Hood Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 279 Nottingham Gender: Drives: Dirty Elite estate	Re: Crankcase breather on V6 Reply #8 - 13. Jul 2006 at 20:09 Auto it is, thanks.
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JasonH Senior Member Offline Posts: 953 Bristol Gender:	Re: Crankcase breather on V6 Reply #9 - 13. Jul 2006 at 22:09 For reference there are such things as wiper arm pullers, cost around £5 or £6. I got mine off using a 13mm spanner as a lever, they were bl**dy tight.
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Crankcase breather on V6 Reply #10 - 13. Jul 2006 at 22:11 i quick light swear of copper grease tends to prevent it reoccurring...
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Re: Crankcase breather on V6
Reply #11 - 14. Jul 2006 at 15:09

TheBoy wrote on 13. Jul 2006 at 22:11:

a quick light swear of copper grease tends to prevent it reoccurring...

Done, as it has all got to come off again.

Pipes not too bad but found it really hard to force the wire into the smaller nipple, it was solid! Whilst it was striped down, checked the plugs and it looks like the gaskets have already gone. Still, had to put everything back together as I need the car Saturday.

Will do the gasket in a couple of weeks, may try the condenser at the same time.

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Re: Crankcase breather on V6
Reply #12 - 14. Jul 2006 at 18:04

A quick question, what gaskets and seals are required when cleaning the breather system?
I will be doing the cam cover gaskets at the same time, I want to make sure I've got all the bits I need before I start (The Vx dealer is about an hour round trip). I will be ordering them so I can collect them on the way home from work (that's a while away yet!)

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Re: Crankcase breather on V6
Reply #13 - 15. Jul 2006 at 00:33

Salty:

Dont usually need any seals etc when cleaning breathers or throttles, the O rings are usually OK to re-use, there is a special rubber seal in the breather housing (bit with ecotec on it) but , again, it is usually OK. The small breather pipe can have gone hard where it joins the breather box behind RH head, if it splits just cut it back a bit.

Camcover gaskets..... Only use genuine VX gaskets, you will also need a tube of BLACK sealant and a set of O rings for the cover bolts.
Some cellulose thinners or carb cleaner is required for cleaning the head and cover groove before fitting new gaskets.

Where are you based? There seems to be a queue forming for camcover gaskets in the Nottingham Area.

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Salty Ex Member	Re: Crankcase breather on V6 Reply #14 - 15. Jul 2006 at 06:30 I'm near Blackpool, don't think there is anybody else close to me on the forum yet. I was wondering if there was a gasket between the the throttle chamber and plenum and if this needed replacing?
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