Oil Separating filter

sylvester · 11th October 2011, 13:48

Hi - any ideas on this one?
I met a chap recently who told me that there is an oil separating filter lurking somewhere below the air filter of the BMW diesel engined 75's.
There is no mention of it on this Forum as far as I can see nor anything in the service manual BUT he says he found out about it when his dip stick blew out of its socket! Apparently, this is a service item on the 2.00 litre BMW diesel saloons with the same motor & has resulted in some severely damaged engines when the filter has not been replaced soon enough.
This chaps Tourer was used as a taxi and had 85,000 on the clock - presumably used for lots of short journeys!

ceetdm · 11th October 2011, 13:52

BMW use this terminology for the PCV filter which is widely talked about on the forum.

Tommy :-)

pinebob · 11th October 2011, 13:53

he is obviously talking about the PCV VALVE just infront of the air filter gets well gunged with oil so needs a new filter available from jules on forum .

Arctic · 12th October 2011, 02:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by sylvester

Hi - any ideas on this one?
I met a chap recently who told me that there is an oil separating filter lurking somewhere below the air filter of the BMW diesel engined 75's.
There is no mention of it on this Forum as far as I can see nor anything in the service manual BUT he says he found out about it when his dip stick blew out of its socket! Apparently, this is a service item on the 2.00 litre BMW diesel saloons with the same motor & has resulted in some severely damaged engines when the filter has not been replaced soon enough.
This chaps Tourer was used as a taxi and had 85,000 on the clock - presumably used for lots of short journeys!

There you go below
http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...ad.php?t=84265

sylvester · 15th October 2011, 19:14

Many thanks for your help on this - I got the filter kit fro Jules which turned up next day and I fitted it this morning - straightforward enough - took about an hour or so, I notice that the old filter - the original one with 90k on it was dry and it looks as if the oil/ carbon bakes onto it so will eventually clog up completely so I caught mine in good time.
Special thanks to Jules for quick service and easy installation instructions.

11th October 2011, 13:48	#1
sylvester Loves to post Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Rochester Kent Posts: 256 Thanks: 18 Thanked 22 Times in 9 Posts	Oil Separating filter Hi - any ideas on this one? I met a chap recently who told me that there is an oil separating filter lurking somewhere below the air filter of the BMW diesel engined 75's. There is no mention of it on this Forum as far as I can see nor anything in the service manual BUT he says he found out about it when his dip stick blew out of its socket! Apparently, this is a service item on the 2.00 litre BMW diesel saloons with the same motor & has resulted in some severely damaged engines when the filter has not been replaced soon enough. This chaps Tourer was used as a taxi and had 85,000 on the clock - presumably used for lots of short journeys!

11th October 2011, 13:52	#2
ceetdm Loves to post Rover 75 CDTi Manual Saloon + Rover 75 CDTi Auto Saloon Join Date: May 2007 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 415 Thanks: 170 Thanked 42 Times in 33 Posts	BMW use this terminology for the PCV filter which is widely talked about on the forum. Tommy :-) __________________ Rover 75 Saloon CDTi Contemporary SE +pack

11th October 2011, 13:53	#3
pinebob Posted a thing or two rover75 cdt Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: ALFORD lincolnshire Posts: 1,216 Thanks: 107 Thanked 53 Times in 40 Posts	he is obviously talking about the PCV VALVE just infront of the air filter gets well gunged with oil so needs a new filter available from jules on forum .

15th October 2011, 19:14	#5
sylvester Loves to post Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Rochester Kent Posts: 256 Thanks: 18 Thanked 22 Times in 9 Posts	Many thanks for your help on this - I got the filter kit fro Jules which turned up next day and I fitted it this morning - straightforward enough - took about an hour or so, I notice that the old filter - the original one with 90k on it was dry and it looks as if the oil/ carbon bakes onto it so will eventually clog up completely so I caught mine in good time. Special thanks to Jules for quick service and easy installation instructions.