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RFlower Alfa 33
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 432 Location: S of France
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:27 pm Post subject: Vapour Separator Removal |
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Can anyone please tell me how to remove the oil vapour separator (at the top of the oil filler neck)?
This is on the Trofeo, but it looks the same as the 1.7ie.
EDIT. It's not the same as the 1.7ie, there is no screw down inside the filler.
It looks as if it is pushed into an orange coloured rubber seat, but it doesn't move easily, and I hesitate to force it until I know what's holding it. _________________ Dick Flower, Nr. Carcassonne. '94 Trofeo 1.4 ie (F), '93 Imola 1.3/1.4 ie (now for breaking) (F), '91 1.7 ie (GB)(spare car), '86 Sprint 1.5 QV (F). '87 VW Syncro camper (F), '73 NSU Ro80 (F), '99 Fiat Seicento (F) |
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RFlower Alfa 33
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 432 Location: S of France
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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Got it! Press it down slightly, then a quarter turn anticlockwise and it pulls out. It must have been stuck on the "O"-ring seal. _________________ Dick Flower, Nr. Carcassonne. '94 Trofeo 1.4 ie (F), '93 Imola 1.3/1.4 ie (now for breaking) (F), '91 1.7 ie (GB)(spare car), '86 Sprint 1.5 QV (F). '87 VW Syncro camper (F), '73 NSU Ro80 (F), '99 Fiat Seicento (F) |
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eagle3 Alfa 33
Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Posts: 402 Location: France
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:00 am Post subject: |
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Yeah it's like a lightbulb bayonnet fitting. It took me a while to suss it out as well.. _________________ Alfa33 QO 1984
Alfa33 1.3i.e. 1994 |
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RFlower Alfa 33
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 432 Location: S of France
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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Now I look at the screw holding the vapour separator on the 1.7 engine, I wonder if anyone has ever had this come loose and fall into the crankcase?
I'm not sure where it would end up, as I haven't had that bit of the engine apart.
My boat engine (Perkins) had a similar arrangement holding the air filter/spark arrestor inside the air intake. A couple of years ago the screw came off and went down the intake. I stopped the engine pdq when I heard the rattle, so avoided catastrophic damage. I managed to clean up the damage to the piston crown, but had to replace 2 bent valves.
I replaced the filter with an external "pancake" type one. _________________ Dick Flower, Nr. Carcassonne. '94 Trofeo 1.4 ie (F), '93 Imola 1.3/1.4 ie (now for breaking) (F), '91 1.7 ie (GB)(spare car), '86 Sprint 1.5 QV (F). '87 VW Syncro camper (F), '73 NSU Ro80 (F), '99 Fiat Seicento (F) |
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