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[sparten]

ok guys help or advice please had a look at breather box today and i can see a snag there is a stainless water pipe running along the top of the driver side exhaust manifold that bends around the back of the engine and dissaper's out of sight ,now the pipe seems to be blocking me from taking off the heat shield to access the two bolts on that side of breather box can this pipe be removed easy as i can not see how it is fixed behind engine,help as box looks cacked in crud

[Andy H]

I can't imagine it being easy to remove with the engine in situ. There appear to be two bolts on a flange at the back of the block.

Can you undo the heat shield bolts and slide it under the pipe to expose the crankcase breather bolts?

[tigers_gonads]

bit of a nightmare to remove mate ( with the engine in situ )

my advise is remove the 2 pipes clean them with carb cleaner
the big one will fit on the end of your tap 
use a drill bit or screw driver the clean the cr@p out of the hole and use a saftey pin or paper clip to clean the small brass hole 

empty a can of carb cleaner in there and it should come up ok 
make sure the pipes are dry before you refit them or the oil vapour will turn into mayo and clog them up agein 

don't forget to give it a oil change afterwoods

[Andy H]

A bit of information about the engine in the picture.

It was the engine in my 1994 2.5 V6. When I took the photo I was pressure testing the cooling system because I had a slight leak. You can see the coolant running down the back of the block behind the left hand cylinder head (cyl 2,4,6 or right hand head to Mr Haynes).

The odometer was showing 130,000 miles and it must have been 7 or 8 years old at the time. I had to replace some of the heat shields because they were rotten. I replaced the DIS because the metal plates were rusting. I took the breather off with the intention of cleaning it but the inside was so caked up that I gave up and paid about £40 for a new one.

People with much more experience than me have not found a problem with the breathers blocking, I can only report what I found............

[sparten]

cheers guys looks like i will just clean in situ,as you say pin and pritty much empty a container of cleaner though the hole and hope for the best,i did undo heatsheild bolts but that pipe stops you from sliding it out the way,looking at the pic is that pipe that goes diag down the oil cooler pipe,cheers again and that pic is great to see whats behind thanks mate