That is  curious. I replaced the breather tower with a half inch copper
tube: http://neksiwel.20m.com/cgi-bin/i/images/p9110067.jpg
and I would swear my oil consumption dropped dramatically.  This engine has
over a quarter of a million miles too.

Ken Lewis
http://neksiwel.20m.com/

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>> PLEASE .........do tell about this diaphragm-valve  thing inside the oil
>> breather tower
>> On a waterboxer vanagon.
>> Where did you get that ?
>
> OK, Scott ... check out this post on thesamba.  Scroll down and you'll
> see photos of where 10� Life cut one open with a sawzall to show a
> deteriorated diaphragm.
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=295812&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
>