Hello!
I took a close look at the metal oil return pipe going from the oil separator on the air cleaner to the crankcase. Apparently, there's supposed to be a bracket to keep this pipe in the right position to properly engage the nipple on the oil separator. However, on my pipe, the bracket's long-gone, so the pipe can pretty much move anywhere. This is exacerbated by my air cleaner mount being broken. I plan to go to an open-element setup similar to the one that TomJ pictured in an earlier thread, and I already have the 240D oil separator, and will probably mount it on the inner fender. Now that I know that the pipe can't really be mounted properly, I'm thinking on the lines of putting the 240D separator on the car now, and blocking off the two connections on the air cleaner until I can afford the components to do the open-element setup.
So, the question here is, what type of hose should I be getting to go down to the crankcase nipple (the one where the pipe currently goes to; I'm going to try and remove that pipe)? IIRC, engine oil will eventually eat through normal rubber hose, and I'd like to not have to replace this.
Thanks in advance! Maybe, after this is done, I'll stop leaving oil marks all over the place...heck, maybe I can even make an attempt at cleaning up my engine!
