Can you remove the standard kidney box oil breather without removing the inlet manifold?

Just as important - can you refit it (or a proper breather system) without removing the inlet manifold?

Just want to know how much back-breaking's involved.

 

yeah it'll come out they don't go in that deep really. Twist and pull.

 

Yes - a tight squeeze to remove with the engine in the car though - a lever/screwdriver under the box and lever it off

Give it a good clean out while it is out of the car aswell, it will be full of emulsified oil/mayo due to the condensation that forms when the engine is cooling down

 

is it not just this bit you remove to fit bailey etc breather kits?








so you are left with this bit-

 

That is correct - you remove the gauze flame trap and leave the big kidney box - the kidney box is essentially a breather/seperator (on 4x4 it is) with a crankcase breather and oil return and then the top port goes to the air box + inlet manifold via the flame trap on a standard setup. On an uprated setup, you remove the flame trap, the inlet manifold valve and airbox pipe and fit a 19mm internal diameter pipe from the kidney box to the aftermarket breather tank

A bit like this:

 

I've got a new kidney box to put in instead of my original which is probably blocked and gummed up. So the kidney box remains, even with a aftermarket breather system?

 

My kidney box is still there - it serves a purpose and works so it stays