1983 240d oil catch can questions?

[ASteele]

Hello everyone I have some questions about the oil catch can assembly on my 1983 240d. I'm going to do a valve adjustment soon and afterwards, I wanted too install a new breather elbow and oil cap seal so the valve cover doesn't have a light oil film on top of it.

However I can readily find those parts, but what I'm having trouble finding is the second breather hose elbow that plugs into the side of the oil catch can, does anybody know what the part number for this elbow is?

And also while the valve cover is off how would I degrease it and clean it to make it look really good on top of the engine?

Me and my father took very detailed close up pictures so naturally the file is too big for it to be directly inserted into peachparts so I'll create a public google drive folder with the 4 pictures in it.

Link to pictures:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cNvnOjgRXNPRZM2DWA1ObSjqkVDnV4iC?usp=sharing

Any thoughts appreciated!

[ASteele]

Ok so update everyone who has seen this post, I removed both breather elbows off from the car and found that Mercedes still makes the rubber piece for the hardline into oil separator and its 5$ from their website.

Hose, Cylinder Head Cover Part number:616-016-02-81


MB website: https://www.mbonlineparts.com/oem-parts/mercedes-benz-hose-cylinder-head-cover-vlrub-6160160281

[imgolden]

Thanks for the update! Replacing those breather elbows give a much better seal.

[ASteele]

Originally Posted by imgolden

Thanks for the update! Replacing those breather elbows give a much better seal.

Yes your right, but I was quite annoyed when I had a hard time trying to find any posts or forums about changing the breather elbows on a 240d with an oil catch can. It's such a simple job and a common maintenance item I was surprised no one posted a pictorial on changing them for other members to view.