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[duggs]

Would i be right to assume that the 3.0 breather tubes are easier to get to than the 2.5.

The 3.0 appears to be in two sections.

Looks like my new purchased Elite has never been cleaner out....took an age to get the small tube off of the breather box....and it was well gunked up.

Gonna try the rest of it all tomorrow, wind and rain permitting.

[tunnie]

not really, rear breathers same place, still have to remove the plenum and throttle body to clean it right

[duggs]

ooooooooooooo booger !

[tunnie]

ooooooooooooo booger !

The 2.5 and the 3.0 are practically the same, the later 3's had a snooped plenum to enable it to breath better. Its a larger bore, and thats about it. Its all the same really as a 2.5 

[duggs]

From what I saw tonight there appears to be more room to play under the 2000 facelift hood than the 1998. Could get to the breather box more easy for starters.

Can i not lift off the top plastic cover easier, the section with the 4 pipes. Was a bitch on the 1998.

[The Red Baron]

seem to remember you have to take the throttle body off on the 2.5 to get the breathers off, where as you dont with the droop snoot plenumn

[T-rev]

is there no easy way to check your breather system? i have a 2.6v6 cd & was also recently concerned about these being clear.

[Andy H]

is there no easy way to check your breather system? i have a 2.6v6 cd & was also recently concerned about these being clear.

For a quick (and possibly dirty) indication take the oil filler cap off with the engine running.

If you get a face full of mayonnaise then you definitely do have a problem.

Put your hand over the filler neck and (in theory) it should be sucking rather than blowing. If it is blowing hard enough that you can't hold it in with your hand then it is going to blow your cam cover seals.

CAVEAT the above test doesn't really 'prove' anything because the engine isn't under load and it is more of an indication of how worn the engine is than how clean the breathers are.

[T-rev]

Hi Andy.I always get some mayo in my filler neck anyway which i am told is due to low usage. I only due approx 6 miles per day to and from work, so guess it hardly gets time to get to operating temp to burn it off. Annoying and horrible looking stuff though. Does concern me if it gets too much and runs down into the cams and then gets in with the oil. 

[al and omega]

I found a good way of really flushing them out. Soak them with carb cleaner first and after rinsing with water, give them a blow-through with a foot pump with the dingy/inflatable adaptor held on the end, you feel the pressure build up, then watch the crap come out!

[T-rev]

got any good pics to show these tubes?