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Subject:Re: Breather tower test?
From:miguel pacheco
Date:Sat, 17 May 2008 13:16:25 -0600

This one has me scratching my head and if I were home, I would take a
close look. It wouldn't be the first time that I learned something
from this list!

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> PLEASE .........do tell about this diaphragm-valve  thing inside the oil
> breather tower
> On a waterboxer vanagon.
> Where did you get that ?
>
> And where are the vacuum lines or whatever that go to the diaphragm operated
> valve ?
> I have enough of them to cut one open on a table saw if need be.
>
> Is this a Friday thing ?
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike Collum
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:55 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Breather tower test?
>
> In that the crankcase breather tower isn't just an oil separator, and
> has a diaphragm operated valve inside, is there a way of testing these
> things or do we just assume that after 20 or so years the diaphragm is
> likely bad and replace the tower ... for something like $90.00?
>
> Mike
> Houlton, Maine
>
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Gracias,
 Miguel