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Old 01-12-2010, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by primetime View Post
I have to believe that BMW purposefully makes the dipstick double sealed for a reason.
Agreed, it's kind of hard for the intake manifold/oil separator to pull crankcase vacuum on a motor that isn't sealed.

But, if you just don't trust the oem oil/separator system, there's always a more complicated/expensive solution: Star Machine

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Originally Posted by amacman View Post
I thought also of a pressure dump valve in the oil filler cap as good solution to preventing engine damage by a frozen oil separator .
properly manufactured kit required ASAP .
Any manual boost controller will work as a failsafe.
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