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Morning all

Just taken the engine breather off VFF's 1275 block and the chain link stuff inside has completely turned to rusty dust! Is this a case of buying a new breather or can it be fixed?

Cheers. Tim

Yes, you car reach up in there and pull the bent wire out with a long pair of long nose pliers. Then pull the rusted mess out. Cleaning it out will take lots of time and effort. I use brake clean and a couple of cheap baby bottle brushes. Followed by more of the same with hot soapy water and more bottle brushes. I then replace the packing with SS pot scrubbers from a kitchen supply place. Then bend coat hanger wire to retain the packing. Steve (CTR)

Thanks Steve. No problem cleaning it out - it had been reduced to dust! Never thought of the kitchen cleaning stuff!

Tim

I followed Steve's advice years ago with my car and the pot scrubber worked great.

Pot scrbbers are the go, just be 100% sure that it's not the type that has soap or abrasive dust added to them.

Normal pot scrubbers, come apart and fill your engine with little bits of iron. Stainless ones on the other hand, are just one long length.

Probably not available in the U.K. but years ago Steve advised me to use "Chore Boy" brand scrubbers. They are not a fine steel wool product, they are a coarse semi-knitted stainless steel ribbon scrubber. Their material is very much like what you pick out of an old breather.

when cleaning any chamber or vessel, use paraffin and gravel or small stones, shake like mad for 30 minutes to 4 days depending on the filth inside and Bob's your uncle. Remember to rinse out thoroughly with plenty of clean paraffin, petrol, clutch cleaner, etc....