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Crank case oil separator
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Blackcoog
Hard-core CEG'er
Did you install the motor? It's a 3L right? To get the oil separator installed (when the heads are on) you have to cut off the basket (on one version of the separator anyway) so it can be jagged due to the previous person that installed it. It's fine/normal.
blu_fuz
New Member Classroom vulture
Yep, that pic looks fine. The person who built that cut the basket off the seperator, no problemo.
blu_fuz
New Member Classroom vulture
Your 3L will not come with that piece. It will have a plate covering the hole. You will use a 2.5L oil seperator with a cut basket on the 3L. You will need to slide the seperator between the heads BEFORE you install the modified engine mount between the heads.
blu_fuz
New Member Classroom vulture
Clarify what you have going on right now please.
Is this a 3L you just bought?
Is it a 3L you are removing from a contour?
What year 3L do you have?
Where did the part come from that you are showing in the picture?
Is this a 3L you just bought?
Is it a 3L you are removing from a contour?
What year 3L do you have?
Where did the part come from that you are showing in the picture?
blu_fuz
New Member Classroom vulture
Actually it doesn't matter.
We are telling you that if you are putting a 3L into your contour, then you need that oil seperator.
If there is already a seperater installed on your 3L that you just purchased, I have to wonder why.
We are telling you that if you are putting a 3L into your contour, then you need that oil seperator.
If there is already a seperater installed on your 3L that you just purchased, I have to wonder why.
Bought a 03 Taurus engine that has a new one on it. 18k mile engine "not new"
The part I'm showing is from the old blowed up 3L that I thought I needed to put on new engine while taking old one off.
So Can I use the one already on the engine then? or is it engine specific?
The part I'm showing is from the old blowed up 3L that I thought I needed to put on new engine while taking old one off.
So Can I use the one already on the engine then? or is it engine specific?
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Blackcoog
Hard-core CEG'er
Use the one on the 3L motor if it has one. They didn't stop using them until 2004+ 3L's.
It is probably slightly different with a plastic connection end instead of steel but it will work fine.
It is probably slightly different with a plastic connection end instead of steel but it will work fine.
