Thanks for the initial guide and idea of replacing this pipe. I've just replaced mine on my D5 in a bid to cure my power problems.
Having removed my old pipe, it was only slightly softer than the new pipe. But since i had the new pipe available and i'd gotten the old one off, i thought i might as well swap it out anyway.
I'm not very impressed with the manufacturing quality of the new pipe though. A few of the edges were pretty roughly moulded, not what i expected for a genuine Volvo part costing over £50!
In order to get the crankcase breather out of the old pipe, i was forced to cut the pipe, there was no way it was coming out otherwise.
Similarly, there was no way that it was fitting into the new pipe, without some minor modification using the Dremel, as per the original post in this thread!
Sadly, this has not cured my problem, so a bit of a wasted morning for me..
