20V, oil in spark plug tubes

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In a message dated 4/14/2005 1:34:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
quattro-request at audifans.com writes:

> Tom, how did you replace the crankcase breather with a metal tube?  That 
> is,
> how did you join the metal tube to the engine?  I don't mind periodically
> replacing the front breather hose, but the rear ones look to be impossible
> to get to without pulling the engine.  
> 
> 

Pretty simple matter with an I5. 20V.org has an article on collapsing 
breather hoses with mention of a repair kit. I happened to be in a boneyard and saw a 
largely disassembled '91 100. A metal breather hose was visible, so I grabbed 
it. I compared the numbers to the 20V.org "repair kit" and saw they were the 
same. So, I installed it. I expect the repair kit became standard in '91.

As to your question on installation the metal tube is connected at either end 
by what plumbers would call "short nipples". In this case they are short 
lengths of rubber hose between the metal hose and the previous connections for the 
rubber hose. The short lengths of hose are held by screw clamps at each end. 
Except for some of torturous bends, I can't see any problem with making one up 
out of ordinary tube.

Tom