CCV Valve - Oil Separation Failure due to cold weather...anyone else?

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Originally Posted by hbhavsar

Please anyone help me with the question about from where vaccum line comes to oil separator valve on 2002 X5, 3.0 engine.

I am tired with oil separator valve going bad and I am going to try out modification with the placement of oil separtor valve at easy to access location within the engine bay. For this purpose, I am going to break off old pipes going to the separator valve and leave the bad valve in its own position. I am going to run separate flexible hoses from valve cover and intake manifold and run them to the space near headlight on left side as a new location for separtaor valve installation. My problem is I can not see from where the vaccum line comes from to the separator valve. Once, I know from you guys, I can run the vaccum line to the new location and that way at later time it will be easy to change the valve.

So please anyone quickly help me with the information about origin/starting point of vaccum line coming to the separator valve. I sincerely appreciate your help in advance. Thanks

Hemant

Is it really the valve going bad...?
It freezes up then forces oil out of the weakest point in the engine.
Once it is thawed isnt it back to normal...?
Now you have to find where the oil is forced out of.
Thats where im at. Its happend a second time to me.
My wife was driving it and pulled over after smoke started rolling out of every where. Ofcourse i come to the rescue. check the oil and its fine.
I drive it home with smoke pouring out. I end up going back to work.
At the end of the day I pop the hood look around and see oil on the ground.
I cant find where it is leaking from.
What are the the typical culprits when this happens...?
Ive replaced the valve cover gaskets ccv and pcv...
It looks like now oil is coming from the front of the engine...