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 posted on April 26th, 2011 at 07:05 AM |
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Oil breather pipe '75 Beetle.
Hey there,
Does anyone know how to take out the breather pipe on a 1975 Beetle?
My Gregory's book tells me to undo the nut with a spanner, but the nut inside the oil filler is a strange looking thing that is incredibly hard to
move.
Any help would be great
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| posted on April 26th, 2011 at 08:33 AM |
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If you are talking the black bit on top of the cast generator stand it is bloody hard to get out without the right tools.
You need like an onersized socket that has a protrusion/slot that fits in the "nut" that holds it on
Reckon it would be easier to find one that has it off.
A butcher would try and tap it off with a screwdriver
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| posted on April 26th, 2011 at 08:37 AM |
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You can make a tool from flat bar, but as said, be warned....can be f'n tight, sometimes the right tool combined with heat doesn't move them, others
can be loose.
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| posted on April 26th, 2011 at 08:40 AM |
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This is the nut I am talking about
http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=ECO0042&c...
Is that what you mean??
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| posted on April 26th, 2011 at 08:43 AM |
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OK - here is the tool
http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=1584
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| posted on April 26th, 2011 at 08:45 AM |
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How come you need to remove it?
As Matt said they are usually bloody tight, I've never had any luck cracking one with flat bar
I Ended up grinding down a socket to be the same thing as the original tool
You can buy the correct tool for the job, they fit a 1/2" socket
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| posted on April 26th, 2011 at 08:58 AM |
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I've removed probably around 40 with flat bar and FBH.
Zero with correct tool (unless already loose lol)
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 02:59 PM |
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Yeah I brought that tool but it still won't budge. Might try to apply a bit of heat.
I had oil up in my air filter so I thought my breather pipe may have been blocked??
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 03:16 PM |
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Sure it isnt an oil bath filter??
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 04:12 PM |
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Sorry what is that?
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 04:14 PM |
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http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=vw+oil+bath+air+cleaner&rlz=1...
the early air filters had oil in them
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 04:17 PM |
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I dont think mine has that?
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 04:21 PM |
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A 75 should have a paper flat air filter
Like this one
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/3133842.jpg
It should not have oil in it - well certainly not lots, maybe some fome stains, but that is about it
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 04:21 PM |
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Is your air filter plastic or metal?
It's normal to see a tiny bit of oil in the corner of the plastic ones where the breather goes in but if theres heaps laying in the bottom probably a
sign the engines getting abit tired.
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 04:22 PM |
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either way - you shouldnt have to take it off to check for a block breather hose
The hose just pulls off
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 04:30 PM |
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The car has never had any troubles and I recently drove it from Tasmania to Queensland. Now all of a sudden it wont start but before this it kept back
firing and spluttering. The oil in the air filter was the first thing I noticed.
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| posted on April 30th, 2011 at 04:30 PM |
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The air filter (box) is plastic.
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