oil seperator
 

i have a couple of questions about the oil seperator on a 1999 2.5 w/56,000 miles. i disconected the j-hose that goes from the seperator to the throttlebody at the seperator end and stuck my finger in the hole on the seperator and there was oil in it, would that indicate i need a new oil seperator???
2nd question i have is what is the purpose of the oil seperator? is it just smog equipment? could i just plug off the hole in the throttle body and rerout the j-tube to the oil filler tube or just put a breather on it???

The oil/air separator pulls the air from the oil before it is recirculated back into the engine. If it is not working properly, air is still mixed in the oil and your engine could seize.

As for the oil at the throttle body end, I don't think you should see oil anywhere near the throttle body. If your separator is going bad, replace it or it could go from a $100 fix to a whole lot more. :cheers:

thanks, so if there is no oil near the throttlebody its ok?
when i checked it i stuck my finger in the oil seperator itself not the throttlebody, and there was oil in the seperator

@ yfz,
I had the same issue you did and in time it caused a CEL.
Here is my write-up on it.
http://986forum.com/forums/performance-technical-chat/7233-how-remove-install-oil-seperator.html
Just change the part anyways if you have faith in your mechanic skills,its been resigned a few times.

thanks, i think i will try and do it this weekend

thanks for the good write up you did, i called an indepentant porsche shop and was quoted $450.00 labor so i called the dealership i bought the car from and told them i would do the install if they bought me the parts so they gladly wrote me a check, i started about 2:12 and i finished about 4:00 but i did it without taking off the rear wheel
thanks again
willy

No problem,glad I could help.

Good write-up man thanks for adding his info to the board. I may have to change mine one day and I will save this to my fav.

Thanks again for adding useful info.
:cheers:

I just did my OS

To all you guys that got this done in 1 Hour: You the freaken man for real! Mine took about 3.5 to complete start to tools put up. Mine however had many more tubes hoses and other BS to get in the way from the SC. That all you guys rock thanks for the directions.


Josh