Check Out My Home Made Catch Tank! ;-)

[c_r_thomson 0]

Made this today for a grand price of £7

 

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l68/c_r_...on/IMGP0823.jpg

[Jonmurgie 2]

Tidy... seen others on here with that kind of setup

[c_r_thomson 0]

So, just to confirm.... I connect one hose from the oil cap and block the other one off. The other input to the catch tank is from the breather on top of the rocker cover?

 

[tom_m 0]

only if you're running an MI, if you're running an 8v just hook up the fat hose from the filler cap to it and block everything else off.

 

or if you want some negative pressure in the catch tank/sump hook up the hose back to the throttle body too

Edited September 25, 2006 by tom_m

[c_r_thomson 0]

It's for an 8v with carbs, Made 2 connectors so i need to connect 2 hoses now! lol

 

please help

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

That's BRILLIANT!!! I want one.

 

What is it?

 

Dr S

 

P.S. Seriously, is it to do with oil pressure/surge issues, and is it really only for track use please?

[tri_longer 25]

Made this today for a grand price of £7

 

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l68/c_r_...on/IMGP0823.jpg

 

 

Nice and neat, where did you get the connectors for the breather pipes and filter. I need ot get one made up for this weekend and have a spare Sigg bottle.

[huxley309 0]

That's BRILLIANT!!! I want one.

 

What is it?

 

Dr S

 

P.S. Seriously, is it to do with oil pressure/surge issues, and is it really only for track use please?

 

It's for people who make the move to carbs/bodies, we still need a way for the crankcase piping to breathe so that tank is designed to catch any oil in the vapour and expel the rest through that filter on top hence the term catch tank

 

nosey bugger arent you

[c_r_thomson 0]

I got the connections from my local plumbing store (for free )

 

Think they are for shower plumbing or something ( big one 17mm, small 13mm)

 

Huxley, one connector is from the breather pipe on the filler cap, where do i take the other one from?

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

nosey bugger arent you

 

Thanks for the explanation - yes, I am.

[TEKNOPUG 3]

It's not just for carbs/bodies, it's for any engine. If you take the basic XU9 - the breather pipes which exit the oil filler are routed back into the inlet track. This is for enviromental reasons mainly. However, I for one don't want a load of oil vapours going directly into my inlet and certainly not into my turbo, so I have fitted a catch tank to collect all the vapour. Mine is even cheaper - a piece of hose, a plastic milk bottle and a couple of cable ties! Best to mount it as far forward in the engine bay as possible (mine is where the jack would normally be) as you tend to get a lot of fumes in the cabin.

 

It is imperative that the container you use have holes at the top to vent the pressure (with a filter if you are a tree-hugger) otherwise you'll pressurise th oil system, for oil through the crank case and head, pump out loads of black smoke and generally not be good!

[huxley309 0]

Huxley, one connector is from the breather pipe on the filler cap, where do i take the other one from?

 

You don't or at least i dont, i kept the standard crankcase piping and fillers including the rocker pipe so i only have the one to contend with, dont have problems with oil vapour atm so just slapped a filter on it for now

 

yeah you are right tekno i just went for the laymans option as it was late

Edited September 27, 2006 by huxley309

[philfingers 5]

I had a similar thing in a westfield. Driving along on a sunny day you'd see all the fumes coming out of the open hole around the gearlever. So I ran a vent pipe from the top of the tank and along the tunnel to the spare wheel bracket. Then sitting in traffic you'd see a tiny whiff of oily smoke out the pipe in the rear view mirror! Smokey bloody old crossflows!

[309PUG 2 1 Cars]

Made this today for a grand price of £7

 

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l68/c_r_...on/IMGP0823.jpg

 

 

I recognise that catch tank, because I am about to use exactly the same, was it from Morrison's by any chance ??

 

Chris