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you need to ubolt the top half of the engine, its alloy so do it when its cold so it don't buckle, their are 5 bolts, size 13 head i think, 2 at the back by the distributor, 3 at the front or is it 7 bolts and 5 at the front anyway u will see them, remove the air pipe and unplug the little clips...
You definately need one on the 172, i got a cup, and i took it off the other day to change the spark plugs and havne't put it back on yet and the car is handling so awefull, its so cr:quiet: p without it. Buy one, its only £40, and you will notice the difference.
:clown: cos the oil gets flung around the engine and tries to escape thru the breather pipe, stick your fingers their and see.:evil: i could see blue smoke comming up from my engine, like you sometimes its their some times it aint and its all fixed now i put that hose clip on. My stank so rank...
Mine does this, usually its oil leaking from the breather pipe (under the top metal cover, next to the distributor) i put one of them hose clips on it, and it stopped. its the oil dripping down onto the manifold and burning off, stick your fingers under their and see if they get covered in oil...