Thread: V8 Oil separator replacement in photos.

Thanks mate, used lighter fluid rather than WD40 as per another suggestion and when I grabbed the separator I pulled straight up with no wiggling, less chance of breaking it that way

Steve

Did mine a couple of weeks ago, seems we're all in P38 sync

Hope this helps..

This may have been covered off ,but the other day I noticed my right hand rocker cover gasket getting a bit weepy and around the oil fill pipe base too. The gaskets where done only 8k's ago so lead to me to think too much pressure in there. I tried tightening carefully the studs but torqured OK.

I took off the breather hoses both sides and discovered that the Vac pipe on the right was blocked. The top section of the Oil Separator has split off at some stage and got wedged in the pipe. The Oil Separator it self was totally gunked up.

Just to share the process of removal and cleaning it was very easy. Especially in comparison to other brands.

I have attached some photo’s for reference but something I do recommend doing as this would not be covered under a regular service.

The whole process took 10 minutes

1) Remove the Vac breather hose both ends care fully not dropping the clips down into the engine. Remove and inspect for damage or blockage. Clean if needed.

2) Very slowly and carefully rotate the Oil Separator using small pliars. In my case the Oil Separator was flush as it had snapped. I used the end of a very sharp steak knife (don’t tell the wife).. And “very very” slowly rotated it back and forth until it did a complete 360. Only then you can start to lift it up as it mat snap and risk falling in.

3) I removed and it was totally blocked so no gases would have travelled back up to the manifold for maybe some time.

4) I cleaned the old one with an old toothbrush and washing up liquid and then put it back in connected the hose back and blew down it gently and air passed through. Before it was totally blocked.

I removed mine and haven't had any problems, but my engine is in good nick