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[Bacon Butty Man]

ok, felt adventurouse today, thought i would clean my breather box out, tokk it of nicely, got loads of crud out but one of the breathers is blocked, its been soaked in carb cleaner, gunk, even paraffin, nothing will shift it, blown thru with compressed air, zilch, what probs will this cause, its pipe 3.




car runs smoothly enough but is there any underlying probs if i leave it or am i better replacing it.
cheers  great work thru by the way, i know its not to technical but to an ex butcher now pen pusher its a big step for buttyman kind

[newhouse]

I had exactly the same problem –Just finished clearing out the crud.

I used a small watchmaker’s screwdriver to bore out the solid crude in the two very small holes in the bit the plugs into the plenum shown on your diagram. Then used a garden hose to blast the whole unit out.
When you reassemble, remember to put a little Vaseline on the rubber rings on two pipes that plug into the throttle body and saddle valve that fits the hole in the top of the plenum. Stops them splitting…

[Bacon Butty Man]

will that get into the holes enough to clear it out, mind you it cant hurt to try, a little wary os blasting water thru it tho

[Marks DTM Calib]

will that get into the holes enough to clear it out, mind you it cant hurt to try, a little wary os blasting water thru it tho

Yes, the cavity behind the drillings is quite big.....so clear teh holes out and then blast through with compressed air.....ideally applying the air line ot the small hole so it throws the crudd out the back.

[TheBoy]

If it really is toast, I seem to recall they are not outrageously expensive - a few tens of £