Thats an oil separator. It filters the oil from the ventilation off the valve cover and drains in back into the oil pan, if I remember correctly. I remember replacing in on my '82 240D back in college. I bought it at the dealer I think, and it wasn't expensive. This isn't the kind of thing you want to buy used.
Jaime On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > In doing the water pump I had to remove a mystery item from my '83 240D. It > lives in front of the air filter and has a hose that comes from the intake > manifold and another from the top of the valve cover. > > It feels like is made of foam and seems to have holes or casting > irregularities in the bottom. It also seems like it leaks oil. Its got oil > on it and everything below and behind it is covered with oil. That oil has > been a mystery to me for awhile since theres really nowhere else it could > come from. > > Older cars don't seem to have it (or at least not the ones I could find on > eBay) they seem to have the two hoses connected. Something in the back of my > mind says "oil separator" but don't let that lead you anywhere. > I've attached a pic (eBay is good for something) for reference. > > So questions: > 1. Are these known to leak oil? > 2. Where do I get a replacement? Kaleb? > 3. Could I just put a longer hose and take the whole thing out? > > Thanks! > > -Curt > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: what_am_I.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 35299 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20100104/2ed139db/attachment.jpg > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
