im in the process of fitting an oil separator to my sapph firstly does the kidney box have to be removed and if so how the hell does it come off ive removed the plenum cover and the connection that runs from the kidney box to the cover but the box does not want to move at all im trying to do this without removing the inlet manifold any help would be appreciated

 

yes the kindney box has to come out; they are not bolted or anything; they are simply pushed in

might be a little easier to get out of you have the car on a ramp

it will come out, its probably just tight, you shouldnt need to take the inlet off to do it!!

twist; wiggle and pull will normally get it off; you can be pretty brutal with it as i very much doubt you'll do any damage to the block

if that dont work; from underneath twist the kidney box out and then with a bar tap it up

 

It just pulls out mate try a bit of WD40 and twisting it as you pull.

 

cheers chaps job done what an arse that was