darrenga
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| posted on 28/9/06 at 03:20 PM |
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block breathers
can you change the block breather filter on a pinto to the small chrome ones they make. or does it have to be a ford item with the pipe going into it.
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jacko
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| posted on 28/9/06 at 03:30 PM |
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Hi remove the one way valve and put the pipe in a catch tank it stops crank pressure Jacko
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Pdlewis
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| posted on 28/9/06 at 03:52 PM |
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This is probly a stupid question but could someone explane the catch tank concept?
Cheers
Paul
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mookaloid
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| posted on 28/9/06 at 03:58 PM |
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Try this
linky
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02GF74
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| posted on 28/9/06 at 04:00 PM |
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go on , let me please........
ok, the crankcase and rocker covers get combustion gases + vaporised oil in there due to the running gear not being 100% gast tight and operating
temp. The idea was to pass them to the carbs to burn them off; reduce crankcase pressure and for lower emissions.
With a catch tank, you no longer plumb them to the carbs but put the tube into a tank where hopefully they condense and collect. An filter stops the
nasties getting to the air.
you need to empty the tank once in a while - bear in mind there will be water in there so the oil is probably not the best to throw back into the
engine.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 28/9/06 at 04:06 PM |
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At the risk of sounding unhelpful its probs worth doing a search. There have been quite a lot of threads about catch tanks in general and Pinto
breathing issues recently. They are well worth a read and then link to them with further queries.
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Pdlewis
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| posted on 28/9/06 at 04:09 PM |
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cheers
may as well do that while im installing me new engine
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