Have removed the oil separator with the intention to give it a good clean. So much oil in all the breather and air intake lines. Anyone else done this? Like other oil separators I've seen the LR unit seems sealed so can be cleaned only by pouring in cleaning solution and tipping it out! Was going to start with petrol followed by hot soapy water then a good blast of hot air to dry it out. Any advice/thoughts?

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Yeah, a thought... After a month will look the same...

i wouldnt bother with the hot soapy water Jules

alex_pescaru wrote:

Yeah, a thought... After a month will look the same...

Probably right ....but if the separator is blocked and/or slugged up the oil separation does not work and you get even more oil in the air pipework......and since it's off  2010 FL2 TD4 GS

jules wrote:

i wouldnt bother with the hot soapy water

Flush with a bit of diesel not water. Can you tie it to a rope and swirl it over your head like a centrifuge, or would that coverr your neighours in diesel? At work
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I've cleaned out an intercooler with white spirit / dry cleaning fluid. Very effective and it leaves no residue. MY11 SD4 SE Auto

Done today....using petrol as that's what I had handy. Actually, despite appearances, the unit did not seem that dirty and ran clear after a couple of flushes. 2010 FL2 TD4 GS

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......the unit did not seem that dirty......

That because there is another (real) oil separator in the lower part of the engine, near the oil filler tube.

alex_pescaru wrote:

That because there is another (real) oil separator in the lower part of the engine, near the oil filler tube. Very Happy

Care to share some other useful (real) information like picture/link because I find nothing else searching for oil separator on a FL2 with Ford Duratorq engine.  2010 FL2 TD4 GS

None of these items should get sludged up though, be pretty alarming if they did. 
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jimbowats wrote:

Brilliant........thanks for that  2010 FL2 TD4 GS

Sorry if I sounded condescending, but if you would have taken the service manual from here on forum and studied it a little, you would have understood what I've meant...
Real help (from where the picture above is taken and available for all to see): www.freel2.com/forum/topic31156.html

PS1: Sorry for my English...
PS2: Indeed, the joint venture between Ford and PSA resulted in the Ford Duratorq brand name, but better searched for PSA 2.2 HDI engine, than Ford Duratorq engine. More info on the net that way.