[alfa] RE: Gunk in oil separator

["Anthony" <tg60@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Steve,and All.

I fisrt cleaned the separator when I bought the car two years ago. then cleaned it again in the beginning of last summer. I must confess that I cleaned all the hoses except for the oil return one. The Pat Braden book suggests compressed air to clean that one.

I revisited the oil separator because my car seems to be idling a bit rough. I checked everything else including any possible air leaks, and loose grounds. 

The presence of gunk in the hose from the separator to the air hose going to the throttle disturbs me. I understand that when the system works normally there is very little gunk in there, smoke, oil, a little condensation should be it. but the presence of semi-solid brown gunk going to the throttle has me perplexed.

I've since disconnected the crankase hose from the oil separator to see if the gunk clears out of the engine.

Tony

87 grad







 --- On Mon 03/29, Steve & Zita Waclo < z_waclo@domain.elided > wrote:
From: Steve & Zita Waclo [mailto: z_waclo@domain.elided]
To: tg60@domain.elided
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:50:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Gunk in oil separator

Tony:<br><br>Just bought an '87 QV Spider last November and noticed<br>the dip stick would not stay in place and there was a<br>lot of oil sprayed under the hood from what turned out<br>to be the dip stick hole. Later discovered my oil<br>separator system was full of gunk and since cleaning<br>everything out have not had any blowby problems. <br><br>Before you conclude you have a blown head gasket, I<br>suggest you pull all the plumbing associated with the<br>separator, including the long line that returns oil to<br>the sump near the botttom of the dipstick (I replaced<br>that one). Cleaning this system does not appear to be<br>mentioned in the extensive factory literature I have<br>and I'm sure they simply get very dirty over time.<br>Perhaps your system just needs a good scrubbing.<br><br>BTW, a search of the archives should produce<br>guidelines on diagnosing a blown head gasket.<br><br>Steve<br><br>__________________________________<br>Do you Yahoo!?<br>Yahoo! Finance Tax
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