i looked in my manual to see what a flame trap is, there was no reference to it and now that i am surfing here i have to ask, what is a flame trap? and i always would also ask what does the acronym n.m.i. represent and o.e.m. i am curious about that one as well, i have surfed the archives and im sorry if i have offended the sensibilities of the more experienced brickboard members for not finding these answers myself, but if someone could point me to where such questions could be answered so i can enlighten myself without such a bothersome post it would be greatly appreciated, maybe an index of terms and jargon. ok the self deprecation aside,, i actually bought into the idea that there were no dumb questions

A few years ago, when the BB was smaller and embryonic, I would read replies that had no messages. What a waste of time. Other boards I participated in had various members using 'nmi' with the text of the message in the subject line. That made sense so I started including 'nmi' on my subject line and asked other to do it as well. It's caught on and seems universal.

BTW (by the way) Volvo turbo cars don;t have flame traps because the route from the crankcase to the intake manifold includes the turbo compressor housing. Chances of a crankcase explosion getting to the intake manifold are nil.
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Warren Bain - '99 V70GLT G-Valve > 80K mi, 89 300SE, '96 965 >120Kmi, near Manassas Va.. Check the 700/900 FAQ via the 'features' pull down menu. This post written with 100% recycled electrons.

In the military service in the early 60's,NMI stood for "no middle initial" in your name. When they asked for last name, first name and middle initial if you didn't have a middle name or initial you put NMI.

I've been on this board for three years and always wondered what NMI stood for. I'm glad to know now! I should've asked, but just never did. thank you for asking for me.

Nate Gundy
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'86 240DL sedan, 260K miles, M46, K cam, 25/21mm sways, 260 front and wagon rear springs; http://valvespringcompressor.weblogs.us/

where does this assertion come from? a herman hesse novella, german nirvana, ying vs yang, i spy from old mad magazines, i am and always will be ignorant, especially in here. siddhartha was good for an impressionable young iconoclast who never understood why his father traded in a perfectly good pickup truck every two years, but i hope to drive my car until i am able to trade in my circa 1966 dr gary middlecoff putter for a jesper parnevik circa 1999 volvo putter. persimmon woods i got over the difference and learned to love the sound of the metal driver, oh my god i just realized i dont want to delete the ramblings created by clean vodka cranberry juice and a state sponsored college education

Never Mash Intercoolers,
Nor Motors Instead.
Nothing Makes Incidents,
like a warped brick head.

Heed the advise of a man Don Foster.
Or the shop bills will rise,
and to the brick it will cost'er.

Not My Idea to use those letters.......

i actually bought into the idea that there were no dumb questions

Luckily 99% of the posters on this board agree with you, and won't be condescending if you ask basic questions.

Which manual do you have? The best manual by far is the Bentley, which has a good section on the flame trap and its associated plumbing.

Also, you should know that that there is a drop-down menu so you can tell us the year of your car, which in the case of the flame trap influences the information slightly. But for most models, the 700-900 FAQ list gives some pretty good information about a lot of things, including the flame trap and oil seperator, etc. Go to the top of the page and choose 700/900 FAQ under the "features" menu.

Here is the FAQ item about flame traps and crankcase ventilation, etc: http://www.brickboard.com/FAQ/700-900/EngineSealsBeltsVent.htm

Good luck

well thanks for the quick response, i have an 83 242 with a b23 manufactrued for the canadian market but the original owner lived in honolulu,i know this because i have the owners manual and the maintenance records were stamped by the dealer up to 55,000 miles , it now has 168 as of today and the last 100,000 miles havent been kind, it is my primary(only) vehicle and i have slowly been getting it sound, most of the primary concerns for me are the suspension and possibly rear end and after reading some of these posts i wonder if i should buy another car, put it up on blocks and work on it when i can, ive always driven older cars usually american cept for the 78 celica and 89 sentra i drove into the ground, but for some reason i am becoming attached to this thing,the last things i intend to do are asthetic body work and then interior, anyway thanks for the quick response and i promise to become more adept at surfing this site, entire new exhaust is coming from groton tomorrow,then i hope i can figure out the reason why i cannot get my right front turn signal to work, then its back to the rear suspension, front struts etc etc etc

Look here for in depth flame trap info:
http://www.brickboard.com/FAQ/700-900/EngineSealsBeltsVent.htm#Crankcase_Ventilation_%20A_Treatise

Most commonly asked questions can be answered in the 700/900 FAQ's here on the Brickboard ( look in the pull down menue at the top of the page marked features )

Don't worry about it, The only stupid question is the one not asked.The last time I checked, nobody was born knowing how to do anything other than cry and wet themself. Everybody had to learn everything else somewhere.
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-------Robert, '93 940t, '90 240 wagon, '84 240 diesel (she's sick) , '80 245 diesel

NMI= no message inside

OE= Original Equipment

OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer (e.g., Bosch)

Take care,
Keith
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1983 245 Turbo, 165K miles; 1987 244 DL, 272K miles; 1980 244 DL (RIP); 1966 Ford Bronco- straight six, three-on-the-tree, NO frills