RE: [alfa] Oil Separator

[Simon Body <body@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Since I partly bear the responsibility for thousands of Spider oil 
separators being cleaned across the country in the last two weeks, I guess 
I should tell you that I eventually got around to cleaning mine (91 
Spider). It was as clean a baby's backside. I polluted the environment with 
a can of carb cleaner and the fluid came out a little brown. No gobs of 
gunk. Nada.
I guess I am living a clean and pure life.
Many thanks to all who contributed.
Regards

Simon
Dover, MA

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Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 15:59:46 -0500
From: "Richard Arnold" <richardarnold@domain.elided>
Subject: RE: [alfa] Oil Separator
Simon wrote:
> >How do you clean the oil separator on the Spider?
> >Regards
> >
> >Simon
Jon wrote:
> You probably want to clean the long thin hose that goes to the
dipstick
> nipple, and probably will be very glad that what you see coming out
> didn't go back into the engine sump!
>
All this talk about the vapor separator prompted me to clean mine. It
was totally clogged. I used solvent degreaser and like Jon, I just
squirted the solvent in every hole and swished it around until it ran
clear. In all it took a good hour to get it done. I ended up replacing
the hose from the bottom to the dip stick port as it had become dry
rotted and cracked.
Richard Arnold
'73 Spider
'75 Spider (Parts car)
'87 300 SDL
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