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Originally Posted by Mr Gazza
Why on earth would anyone bond it in? It can't turn with a pipe clipped to it.
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To stop it leaking? I use threebond on the threads, although that won't bond it but I wouldn't be surprised to see some kind of Loctite.
The flats on the plastic breather will likely deform with a spanner so an oil filter removal band maybe the neatest option.
I would suggest your man didn't want to force it for fear of damaging the flats rather than it actually breaking off inside as they are quite thick/sturdy but if you're not worried about the cosmetics then using a pipe wrench/big grips should shift it. There just there isn't much room around it, especially on the air cooled engines (much more room on a fin-less water cooled).
Here are a couple of pics that might help'
View from above showing the 'shelf';
Inside view (top right);
Although you may not want to go quite this far!!
