Good Evening everyone!

It's been a while since I've posted, but I finally have another XJ8. I'll be making a follow-up post soon, but as of right now I have some issues.

I have had some oil in my air intake tube, I checked the breather hose that connects to the air intake tubing and there was oil inside of it, a good amount. The oil separator screen is still attached, so I thought it was due to a blocked part load breather. While attempting to disconnect the retaining clip, the whole assembly came out of the air intake as one piece. Do I need a sealant to attach it back on or anything? Or should I buy a new one since it is off anyways? Pictures attached!

And yes, I tugged on that clip too hard and broke the end of that hose too...

 

Once you separate the broken end off that PLB stub, I would clean off the male and female end real good by using Q tips inside the VC then use a type of RTV sealant. Might want to take a drill bit to that breather first though. Definitely get that PLB corrugated hose replaced though.

 

The fitting is part of the CAM COVER. (not the intake manifold)

Epoxy or some other sealant should keep the fitting in place.

 

I absolutely HATE plastic parts.

 

And “pot metal”… I’m thinking of things like the centre caps for the wheels where the tabs that hold them in place don’t have enough flexibility for them to be removed more than once or twice before snapping off…

 

Injection mold process for plastic parts is surely cheaper than die cast and I suspect
that was the reasoning. If money was no object, these cars could have been much
better designed and built, but then who could afford them? On the other hand, you
would have a car that lasts. No car company wants that.

And that is truly the conundrum. No one would realize the car would be worth the
price until it proved itself way down the timeline. By the time the populace realized
the actual worth, the manufacturer would be out of business from lack of sales.
Today's cars are the result of that kind of thinking.