Bumble
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| posted on 6/1/10 at 12:50 PM |
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Oil Catch Tank
Planning on fitting a catch tank to take returns from crankcase outlet and cam cover outlet on my Zetec. Does the catch tank need to have a
breather/filter fitted?
Cheers,
Matt
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 6/1/10 at 01:07 PM |
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Needs to be vented to air, so I'd put a filter on it.. Some old car's dont bother with the catch tank just have a pipe point to the
ground.. I have a catch tank and filter to stop rubbish getting into engine (very unlikely IMHO)..
Dan
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prawnabie
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| posted on 6/1/10 at 01:14 PM |
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Its worth noting you may not get past any sort of scrutineering on trackdays with a vent to the ground.
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RK
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| posted on 6/1/10 at 01:58 PM |
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Mine is vented to the intake plenum. If you do a google search as well as one on here, there are a LOT of ideas I found invaluable making mine.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_L2u-AV47y4HvrtF88lc7g?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfsoZrNyoKG4QE&feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2PIn-rJ8LjyBIs3FU15-Ig?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfsoZrNyoKG4QE&feat=directlink
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Russell
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| posted on 6/1/10 at 05:54 PM |
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The seller is NTDWM but I bought one of these:
Link to eBay
and I think it's really nice for the price (nicer than the pic actually). Most I searched for weren't vented.
I'm a bilingual illiterate. I can't read in two languages.
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RK
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| posted on 8/1/10 at 08:48 PM |
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Note that scrutineering demands a 1 litre capacity if I am not mistaken.
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ken555
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| posted on 9/1/10 at 11:31 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RK
Note that scrutineering demands a 1 litre capacity if I am not mistaken.
2 litre for up to 2 litre cars, can be 2x1litre cans.
3 litres for cars over that, can be 2x1.5 litres
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RK
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| posted on 9/1/10 at 12:50 PM |
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And I suppose I was mistaken! First time in my life, although I'm told regularly, I have always refused to believe it.
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 9/1/10 at 09:06 PM |
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Think you'd probably get away with it on a track day but you wouldn't get past an MSA scrutineer venting to the ground. You should fail an
MOT too, cars have had PCCV for a long time (whether they would check it is a different question, most don't really seem to know much outside
standard build Mondeos, Astras etc)
[Edited on 9/1/10 by norfolkluego]
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