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Originally Posted by Fuzzball
Can you do something that will replace the POS Air Cleaner mount on the 617? I'm tired of the thing breaking...
Of course, if I had a way to replace the oil sump or whatever it is, I'd go with a direct KN filter on the turbo.....but all those kits are not in the range of disposable income that I will shift to the car..
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oil sump? I believe you are referring to the air/oil separator, get one off a 240D, late 123 chassis, it will fit right on the oil drain tube with some home made bracket work (not difficult) you can see it and the K&N filter attached directly to the turbo inlet on this post:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showpost.php?p=403933&postcount=52
The separator could go for little or nothing off a wrecked car, new they were about $65 from the dealer (something like 5 or 6 years ago so certainly more now) and the RU1000 cost me about the same back then. Someone posted that the RU1000 was not available anymore but I haven't verified that. A car parts place that can special order it could determine whether its still made and how much but I've seen knock-offs that were very similar. I bracketed the flat fron side of the filter to my thermostat housing for stability.
DDH