MK9R
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| posted on 8/1/09 at 07:55 AM |
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Oil Catch tank/can setup
anyone got any pics of a homemade catch can set up on a BEC? I'm not paying silly money for one of those mocal things!!!
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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v8kid
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| posted on 8/1/09 at 09:54 AM |
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I use am old plastic bottle held on with cableties at the oil tank end.
Easy to see contents and throwaway ( sorry recycle your honour) when needing cleaning.
I found that tesco do an own make orange juice in a 0.5l rectangular bottle which is easy to fit.
At the engine end the plastic bottles melt - which was fun the first time! I use cyclists aluminium water bottles. Drill a couple of holes through the
neck to cabletie it on somewhere and poke the breather through it. They also make them in fancy colours and morrisons were selling two for £3 - Looks
v smart
One other tip is upsize the breather pipe and less oil comes through but all the condensate still comes out - dunno why this works it just does
another old git told me about it - I use twin 1" breathers
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pewe
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| posted on 8/1/09 at 09:56 AM |
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After much head- scratching I ended up using a Flymo mixing bottle from Machine Mart item 051120000 @ £5.51.
The angled neck makes it ideal for bulk-head mounting, jagged cut the centre out of the cap to hold the breather pipe and put 3 holes in the spout top
nearest the cap to allow it to breath (or you could add one of those filter jobbie).
Bracket from some flat strip - job done!
HTH.
Cheers, Pewe 
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nick205
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| posted on 8/1/09 at 10:39 AM |
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Pushbike type ally water bottle and frame holder from Ebay for £10. Fitted to engine bay bulk head. Holes cut for breather pipe entry and vent exit.
Total cost of about £12, a couple of hours work and dead easy to remove and empty if required.
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MK9R
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| posted on 8/1/09 at 10:53 AM |
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Nick, i like that idea. Only thing is it needs to have a capacity of 2 litres for racing regs! If the zx9 lost 2 litres of oil, the catch can would do
naff all as there would be a huge hole in the engine with the rest of the oil on the road!!
[Edited on 8/1/09 by MK9R]
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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nick205
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| posted on 8/1/09 at 01:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MK9R
Nick, i like that idea. Only thing is it needs to have a capacity of 2 litres for racing regs! If the zx9 lost 9 litres of oil, the catch can would do
naff all as there would be a huge hole in the engine with the rest of the oil on the road!!
Twin botle set-up perhaps?
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