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welshone
06-07-11, 05:42 PM
I'm after a oil catch tank. Can anyone suggest a good one or will a ?20 jobby from the bay be ok.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MG-ZT-ZR-ZS-MGB-METRO-MINI-BLUE-ROUND-OIL-CATCH-TANK-/320713991855?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4aac0b26af#ht_569wt_1037
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MG-ROVER-ZR-ZT-ZS-MGB-MGF-SQUARE-OIL-CATCH-TANK-BLUE-/110625834727?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19c1d046e7#ht_1040wt_1037
I bought one off this guy then went & collected it..........
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/maximumpowered
magpie67
06-07-11, 07:40 PM
This may be a dumb question.......................................... ...........but
what excatly does an "oil catch tank" do ?
am i being thicker than a whale omelette ?
i've seen members spaek of these was never quite sure what they do :nugget:
talkingcars
06-07-11, 08:11 PM
Part of the "modern" way of controling vehicle emmisions is to vent the fumes from the crank case back into the inlet and thus into the engine to be burnt.
These fumes have a fine mist of engine oil which collects in the inlet manifold, drips into the airfilter and gums up the VIS motors and flaps.
The catch tank incercepts the oil mist reducing the amount of rubbish going into the inlet etc.
magpie67
06-07-11, 08:23 PM
Ah, thanks for explaining that.
Nothing worse than gummed up flaps, fnarr fnarr :smile1:
ibrox_hunk
06-07-11, 09:32 PM
i have one just like the 1st one you can have for ?13 posted
andys1981
06-07-11, 10:54 PM
its basically brand new aswell mate
welshone
07-07-11, 05:08 PM
i have one just like the 1st one you can have for ?13 posted
its basically brand new aswell mate
Who's who here, are you the same person :unsure:
ibrox_hunk
07-07-11, 05:49 PM
im me and hes andy lol, i bought his car off him, so he was the one that had the oil catch tank in it, lol but since i bought the car its been written off due to an old lady in a car park, lol
welshone
07-07-11, 05:50 PM
im me and hes andy lol, i bought his car off him, so he was the one that had the oil catch tank in it, lol but since i bought the car its been written off due to an old lady in a car park, lol
OK makes sense now :laugh:
I'll have it off you then :D
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