850 flametrap location

[Randy Hass]

Help,

I am very suspicious that I have a gummed up flametrap. I have been into
the engine three times and I can't find it. Could someone give me some
rough directions where it is located. I see two hoses that come out of the
top of the head and drop down through the intake manifold. Do you have to
remove components to get to it. I have looked from above and below the car
coming up through the bottom shroud. I found it easily on my 740, but no
luck here.

Thanks,
Randy in Pittsburgh

 

[Mike F]

Help,

I am very suspicious that I have a gummed up flametrap. I have been into
the engine three times and I can't find it. Could someone give me some
rough directions where it is located. I see two hoses that come out of the
top of the head and drop down through the intake manifold. Do you have to
remove components to get to it. I have looked from above and below the car
coming up through the bottom shroud. I found it easily on my 740, but no
luck here.

Thanks,
Randy in Pittsburgh

It's in a housing under the throttle pulley cover. This housing twists
out of the fresh air hose from air filter box to throttle body. Be
careful you don't drop the oring that seal those 2 pieces together!
(Non turbo only, if you have a turbo there is no flame trap.)

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

NOTE: new address!!
Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
(But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)

 

[Randy Hass]

Mike,

Sorry, my e-mail reply was returned. I actually had that fitting off the
previous weekend. I went back in again and found that the flametrap had
indeed been removed. Still don't know why the oil pressure seems to be
running high. I have religiously changed the oil every three thousand
miles. The good news is that there is no foamy blow-by. I may get a new
gasket for the oil cap. I just don't want to plug it up and raise the
pressure any higher. I keep getting a slow leak at the drain plug. I even
drained the oil out this weekend and put another new crush washer in. I
have not checked yet to see if I still have the leak. (Guess I'm kind of
scared to even look at it!)

I'll keep after it and we'll eventually get it sorted out.

Cheers,
Randy

 

[ekk]

I keep getting a slow leak at the drain plug. I even
drained the oil out this weekend and put another new crush washer in.

Sometimes the surface the washer seats on is not smooth. Using some
fine sandpaper on the seating surface does the trick.

-ekk