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dry sump breather
beaver34 - 24/5/12 at 06:40 PM

after some breather advice, below is my setup ive not ran the car on the road only had the engine dynoed

block breather is blanked off, rocker breather breathing into top of dry sump tank then at the moment just stuck a filter on the top of the tank

do i need a further catch tank and if so does it need a breather on it?

thanks

perksy - 24/5/12 at 08:07 PM

I ran a Mocal 1 litre catch tank on my Dry sumped XE and that had a vented cap

INDY BIRD - 24/5/12 at 09:02 PM

Yep Run a catch tank then breather on catch tank,

Keep the tank as high as poss or it can then pull the oil into the tank etc, learnt on mine ore the years as had to empty it regular when low down, etc and engine on full chat ie track it would fill up when low down,

Nice install

beaver34 - 24/5/12 at 09:04 PM

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Originally posted by INDY BIRD
Yep Run a catch tank then breather on catch tank,

Keep the tank as high as poss or it can then pull the oil into the tank etc, learnt on mine ore the years as had to empty it regular when low down, etc and engine on full chat ie track it would fill up when low down,

Nice install


thanks, ok will try and fit one in there somewhere, stupid small cars

perksy - 24/5/12 at 09:09 PM

Don't know how much room you have but this where mine went on my westy




jeffw - 24/5/12 at 09:17 PM

You really need a crank breather of some sort (larger the better as far as pipework is concerned) or you will start to blow seals. With the turbo you will pressurise the crankcase...at least I did with a supercharger.

beaver34 - 24/5/12 at 09:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
You really need a crank breather of some sort (larger the better as far as pipework is concerned) or you will start to blow seals. With the turbo you will pressurise the crankcase...at least I did with a supercharger.


what seals did you damage? i can run a crank breather i have the stock setup so if i have an issue i will use it but the engine never been a heavy breather and wasnt on the dyno either

jeffw - 25/5/12 at 05:21 AM

It started to blow the dipstick out of the tube and the leaked past the bottom o-ring. I used to run the engine crankcase breather blanked off in NA but now that it is forced induction it wants a big breather to a catch tank. I'm wet sump which may make a difference as you maybe venting the pressure via the the dry sump system.