andy188
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| posted on 2/9/13 at 05:08 PM |
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zetec 2.0l added catch tank, oil loss??
Hi all,
i have added a catch tank at the weekend, took of crankcase breather blank plate, fitted new plate with 3/8" bore tube to catch tank, allso
fitted rocker cover breather to tank as well, done 100+ miles in her, bottle over half full (0.5l bottle). all the oil is comming from the crankcase
breather, is my engine nackered or is it something else im not understanding ??
have done various searches on here and google etc, different opinions on blanking crank breather etc.
Andy
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whitestu
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| posted on 2/9/13 at 05:52 PM |
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Mine breathes into the filter back plate but I've never noticed anything coming out of the breather pipe.
Stu
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madteg
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| posted on 2/9/13 at 07:35 PM |
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Sound like you have not fitted a oil separator like the original one, the oil is splashing up of the crank and getting blown down the pipe to the
catch tank.
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jeffw
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| posted on 2/9/13 at 07:39 PM |
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Use the Blacktop crankcase breather.....sorted.
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andy188
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| posted on 2/9/13 at 08:03 PM |
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hi all,
thanks for replys,
madteg,
whats the oil separator?, im using 1800cvh sump.
jeffw,
thought all the zetecs had breather valve (pcv ?) connected to inlet system, work on a vaccum, is the black top 1 different?
thanks
Andy
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paulf
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| posted on 2/9/13 at 08:35 PM |
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Use the original separator off the side of the engine and remove the spring and disk from inside the fitting that the breather pipe attaches too,my
car is done like this and the cam shaft cover is fitted with a small breather filter and only ever has a bit of condensation in the breather
tank.Black top and silver top breathers are the same.
Paul
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Originally posted by andy188
hi all,
thanks for replys,
madteg,
whats the oil separator?, im using 1800cvh sump.
jeffw,
thought all the zetecs had breather valve (pcv ?) connected to inlet system, work on a vaccum, is the black top 1 different?
thanks
Andy
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madteg
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| posted on 2/9/13 at 08:39 PM |
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As Paulf said.
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andy188
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| posted on 2/9/13 at 09:31 PM |
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great guys, will have to search for 1, threw mine away (doh)
andy
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whitestu
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| posted on 2/9/13 at 09:42 PM |
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I didn't remove any bits from mine.
Stu
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jeffw
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| posted on 3/9/13 at 05:23 AM |
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The Blacktop one works correctly where as the silvertop one never seemed to. Fit the Blacktop one and connect it to a catch tank and forget about it.
Don't start gutting it.
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Paul Turner
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| posted on 3/9/13 at 11:39 AM |
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Been using the Silvertop separator on mine now for almost 12 years on both Silvertop and Blacktop engines. I have removed the valve and piped it into
a screen wash type bottle. The breather in the cam cover is piped into the same bottle. With used and new engines there has never been an issue.
My old cross flow was piped in exactly the same way using the standard x-flow seperator with the valve removed for 14 years, again never a problem.
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