eononly Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Picked it up, and what a beauty (well to me anyway). Goes like stink and drives far more comfortable than I imagined. One thing though, and it may be normal?, is the crankcase fumes within the cockpit. I've searched the site and came up with lots of suggestions for dealing with the oil/pressure and mine sort of has that arrangement, but not quite. The pipe from the crankcase breather goes into a oil catch tank (with the hole bigger than the pipe going into it), and then another pipe coming from the side of the rocker box, also going into a large hole in the catch tank. There is little oil in it (even though I drove home 160miles) and the dipstick is in place ok. If I feed the crank hose to rocker then rocker to oil tank would it stop the fumes, or is the above arrangement ok as it is please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilwillis Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Take the hood off? What engine is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eononly Posted March 26, 2005 Author Share Posted March 26, 2005 Take the hood off? What engine is it? Worse with hood on, but still not good with hood off either (although thinking about it I had side panels on) Engine is 1700 xflow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu999 Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 If I feed the crank hose to rocker then rocker to oil tank would it stop the fumes, or is the above arrangement ok as it is please The present arrangement is OK, until you really start 'opening it up', so to speak, which I doubt you did on your first journey. When you do, you might find the catch tank filling up rather more quickly... Plumbing the breathers as per searches/quote, will prevent oil getting thrown into the tank. It may help slightly with the fumes, but not much. Ideally, a 'proper' catch tank needs to be made, with 'in' and 'out' pipes, so that the 'out' pipe can be plumbed to encurage fumes under the car, as opposed into the cockpit. HTH Stu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eononly Posted March 26, 2005 Author Share Posted March 26, 2005 If I feed the crank hose to rocker then rocker to oil tank would it stop the fumes, or is the above arrangement ok as it is please The present arrangement is OK, until you really start 'opening it up', so to speak, which I doubt you did on your first journey. When you do, you might find the catch tank filling up rather more quickly... Plumbing the breathers as per searches/quote, will prevent oil getting thrown into the tank. It may help slightly with the fumes, but not much. Ideally, a 'proper' catch tank needs to be made, with 'in' and 'out' pipes, so that the 'out' pipe can be plumbed to encurage fumes under the car, as opposed into the cockpit. HTH Stu. It got a honeymoon of approx 1/4 mile before I gave it some welly - The easiest bit for it was the 150 miles on the M1, but it did stink some. I've driven it again today with the side panels off and there was no smell, not lots of oil in the catch tank either. Realistically I spose it has to be reburn it through inlet manifold at some performance loss or route it under the car - or leave the lid off..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mud Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 route it under the car,i did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrustyjust Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 are you sure that it's that? Is there a leak on the rocker cover leaking onto the exhaust etc.Bit tricky to find an oil leak on a x flow as they are usually all covered in the stuff anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Ash Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Will post some pics when I get home to my computer. The breather from crankcase needs to be plumbed back into rocker cover, then fit a cortina oil filler cap with outlet pipe moulded into cap. Dismantle cap and remove metal filter looks like a brillo pad. plumb the cap to a catch tank (keep this up high), and then run a pipe from catch tank down bulkhead and protrude it an inch or so under car. This way you will minimase oil loss, and all fumes pass under car instead of into cockpit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eononly Posted March 26, 2005 Author Share Posted March 26, 2005 Will post some pics when I get home to my computer. The breather from crankcase needs to be plumbed back into rocker cover, then fit a cortina oil filler cap with outlet pipe moulded into cap. Dismantle cap and remove metal filter looks like a brillo pad. plumb the cap to a catch tank (keep this up high), and then run a pipe from catch tank down bulkhead and protrude it an inch or so under car. This way you will minimase oil loss, and all fumes pass under car instead of into cockpit. Sounds like just the job, a definate improvement with the side panels off today, but I'm sure I'll use it on long runs with screens or delectors so it would be nice to be smog free. I'm assuming this is not carbon monoxide anyway coming from the crankcase. Thanks for all the tips - I'm on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Ash Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Sorry for delay pics as requested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eononly Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 Thanks Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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