How Did You Hook Up Your Oil Breather ?

[r33madd]

Hey guys

can i please have some pictures of how you hooked up your oil breather tank

am after some ideas

[Lazy-Bastard]

Mine is as below. I have baffled the can and filled it with coarse steel wool

Edited February 8, 2007 by Lazy-Bastard

[jimmytim]

Does it matter which grade of steel wool you put in?

[r33madd]

thanks mate any other options out there

[jazza08]

Well his set up isnt an "oil breather" the breather system has a breather on it and doesn't send those sh*t gas's back into the intake...

You could hook it up as shown with a catch can that has a breather on it and not run a line back into the intake.

Don't have pics of my old set up on this computer, but both lines off the head simply run to a catch can with a breather and the bits get blocked off so the oils in the catch can and gas's out the breather!

[Gazee]

Well his set up isnt an "oil breather" the breather system has a breather on it and doesn't send those sh*t gas's back into the intake...

You could hook it up as shown with a catch can that has a breather on it and not run a line back into the intake.

Don't have pics of my old set up on this computer, but both lines off the head simply run to a catch can with a breather and the bits get blocked off so the oils in the catch can and gas's out the breather!

Yea mines like that aswell... one hose from the head to the catch tank and nothing comin out the other side except a little filter on it, dunno if thats how its meant to be the workshop i go to did it.. i didn't need to block off the intake pipe cos they made me a 3" S/S one...

[jazza08]

Blocking off is obviously only if you have the bit there on a standard intake pipe

Usually its better to run 2 lines to a catch can with a filter ontop of the catch can so both lines are free'd up rather than using one, i used one small one and it built up pressure in the system which meant bye bye turbo oil seal! Made 2 fat lines with a breather on the catch can and it didn't pressurize the system and kept all the sh*t outta the intake of the car, you'd be suprised when you empty the can how bad that oil actually is lol

I guess the blow-by on a old rb20 runnin 20psi was always goin to be greater than most though

[Gazee]

Blocking off is obviously only if you have the bit there on a standard intake pipe

Usually its better to run 2 lines to a catch can with a filter ontop of the catch can so both lines are free'd up rather than using one, i used one small one and it built up pressure in the system which meant bye bye turbo oil seal! Made 2 fat lines with a breather on the catch can and it didn't pressurize the system and kept all the sh*t outta the intake of the car, you'd be suprised when you empty the can how bad that oil actually is lol

I guess the blow-by on a old rb20 runnin 20psi was always goin to be greater than most though

My catch tank is as clean as when i baught it... i'm running 6psi mind you lol

so exactly whats the correct way? wether its legal or not i just wana know cos some people do it differently i suppose or the way your saying jazza80 is that the right waY?

[jazza08]

If its clean inside, its means you have f**k all blow-by which means your engine is in top nick, and im not suprised running that boost level, sounds very safe

Legally, it isn't supposed to vent to the atmosphere, so running the lines to a catch can to catch any bad oils, then back into the intake (for the gas's) is the best way to do it.

Illegally, to keep all the sh*t out of your motor you use a breather and don't run it back into the intake...

Just make sure the system has a way to breather (wether that be via the intake or a breather) as without it it will pressurize and cause you some big big problems.

I have found that from having catch can problems in the past with my last car, lines to catch can were abit too small.. built some pressure up and blew the oil seal on the turbo, made both lines bigger with the breather ontop of the catch can and it never pressurized the system! Thought id try to help out so you didn't end up doing that lol

Edited February 8, 2007 by jazza08

[khunjeng]

My catch tank is as clean as when i baught it... i'm running 6psi mind you lol

so exactly whats the correct way? wether its legal or not i just wana know cos some people do it differently i suppose or the way your saying jazza80 is that the right waY?

then why have it? no point at all.