Mark Allanson
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| posted on 3/11/03 at 10:38 PM |
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Oil filler movement
greggors84 posted a question in the MK section about this, but the attachment thingy has gone for a walk.
Just to explain how I reduced the height of the oil filler on my pinto rocker cover
 
Rescued attachment Rocker Cover.jpg
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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MK7
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| posted on 3/11/03 at 10:49 PM |
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Hmmmmmm, nice one
got any more like that hanging around?
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JoelP
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| posted on 3/11/03 at 10:51 PM |
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that is indeed a bloody good idea. how the hell did you make it so smooth where you filled in the old hole?!
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CairB
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| posted on 3/11/03 at 11:02 PM |
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Paint Shop Pro?
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bob
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| posted on 3/11/03 at 11:14 PM |
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My oil filler is at the other end but i'm sure i coulkd have got away with leaving it.
 
Rescued attachment offending water pipe.jpg
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Peteff
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| posted on 4/11/03 at 12:04 AM |
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I went for a bit on the side.
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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JoelP
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| posted on 4/11/03 at 09:42 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
I went for a bit on the side.
yours, Pete.
what did the missus say about the bit on the side?!
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James
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| posted on 4/11/03 at 11:26 AM |
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Has everyone kept the fume vent (either by using the Pinto filler cap or by some other means)?
Just wondering if it'd be much of a problem for me to lose it!
Cheers,
James
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CairB
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| posted on 4/11/03 at 01:04 PM |
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James,
Mine is an injection pinto that had a vent to the induction system beween the air mass flow meter and the throttle. I swapped the cap with one from my
1.8 Sierra that was lower but with no vent connection, just breathes through the cap. No problems that I'm aware of to date.
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James
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| posted on 4/11/03 at 04:50 PM |
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Hmmm, but you do need a vent of some kind? Even if it does just go to atmosphere instead of back into the system?
Cheers,
James
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bob
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| posted on 4/11/03 at 07:51 PM |
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My cap is the vent
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andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 12/12/04 at 05:52 PM |
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I've removed the oil filler neck from the front of my pinto rocker cover and have been searching around for suitable tubing to fit one on the
rear end.
I,ve hunted around for bits of exhaust pipe to fit the filler cap but to no avail.
I also tried to find a larger size to sleeve the original neck into - but again, have drawn a blank.
So, I was wondering what others have used to make the filler neck?
Thanks,
Andy.
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Spriggsy
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| posted on 12/12/04 at 09:13 PM |
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Andy,
I've just had the same search and found that 1 1/2 inch diameter exhaust ideal. I got it from the local motor factors in 1 metre length, more
than enough but only 3 quid!
cheers.
[Edited on 12/12/04 by Spriggsy]
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 13/12/04 at 06:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by andrew.carwithen
I've removed the oil filler neck from the front of my pinto rocker cover and have been searching around for suitable tubing to fit one on the
rear end.
I,ve hunted around for bits of exhaust pipe to fit the filler cap but to no avail.
I also tried to find a larger size to sleeve the original neck into - but again, have drawn a blank.
So, I was wondering what others have used to make the filler neck?
Thanks,
Andy.
I used the original filler tube, removed from the front of the Rocker cover, and welded it to a section of sierra pinto exhaust downpipe with the
exact radius and diameter required
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 19/12/04 at 05:36 PM |
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Cheers Mark,
As luck would have it, I found a P100 downpipe at the back of the garage and sure enough, the original filler neck fits like a glove!
That's one problem out of the way - now on to the next!
Many thanks,
Andy.
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