Nosey
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| posted on 17/9/07 at 04:51 PM |
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Zetec Oil Problem
Hi all,
I have a 2 litre Zetec which is giving a bit of grief in that it's blowing out around 1/2 - 3/4 of a litre of oil per 10 miles of competition
driving. It's nearly all coming out the block breather, which I changed from standard to a 15mm-ish I/D pipe, angled up and into a catch tank.
It's a home made sump with the well at the front, engine is fairly modified and giving 210bhp with the rev limit at 7800rpm.
Should I
A) Put some gauze into a bigger breather pipe, then into bigger catch tank and hope for the best?
B) Put a return from the catch tank back into the sump?
C) Try to figure out why the hell it decides to fire out all this oil in the first place?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 17/9/07 at 04:53 PM |
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B and C 
Cheers
mark
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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mike smith1
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| posted on 17/9/07 at 06:02 PM |
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I agree with Mookaloid B and C,
But more importantly C
Mike
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britishtrident
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| posted on 17/9/07 at 07:01 PM |
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Broken or seized compression rings
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Nosey
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| posted on 17/9/07 at 07:43 PM |
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Cheers lads, advice appreciated, the only thing is the engine seems fine, revs out, same grunt as before, no smoke, just a huge carbon footprint from
all that waste oil.....
Will have to investigate further.
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lsdweb
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| posted on 17/9/07 at 09:14 PM |
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Nosey
Blank it off. Have a look here
If it's Ok for Dunnell's.........
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Nosey
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| posted on 18/9/07 at 07:24 AM |
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lsdweb,
Cheers, one bit of 5mm aluminium and some Instant Gasket coming right up.
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lsdweb
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| posted on 18/9/07 at 06:07 PM |
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Nosey
Happy to help! I had exactly the same problem and used a very similar bit of 5mm ali!
Wyn
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