SAP relocation & air-oil separator
 

I relocated the SAP to the ECU compartment by the passenger side where the Z3 6 cylinders have it (I'm not sure if this applies to the 318ti or the 318is). I also added a little air-oil separator as suggested by bkz31998 here.

To relocate the SAP I got the bracket used by the 6 cylinders. It's p/n 41.13.8.401.371 which is #17 here. I had a friend weld the original SAP mounting bracket to it and used self-drilling screws to secure it to the firewall.

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I rotated the valve on the exhaust manifold 180deg and further twist it with a pipe lock wrench.

I used a knock-out punch to drill a hole in the compartment wall to route the hose.

And here's the result:

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For the air-oil separator, I got one from Jegs, p/n 555-52205. I also got 5' of fuel line hose. The separator will connect between the PCV and the intake and collect oil that would escape from the crankcase due to blow-by and increased crankcase pressure because of the SC.

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Downing Atlanta uses 1/4" NPT x 1/2" barb fittings on both the PCV and the intake. The separator from Jags comes with 1/4" NPT x 3/8" so I replaced the barbs fitting with some from Grainger. I got 2 straight which are p/n 4A488 and 2 elbow which are p/n 4A493.

And here's the separator mounted:

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Any chance the pictures for this thread could be revived somehow?

This member has not been on the board for a while so you most likely will not get the pics restored. Send me an email of pictures you need and I will send them back to you. jsmith50@tampabay.rr.com

John SMith