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22-02-09, 07:49 AM
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the definitive catch tank thread
right it seems the last few days there has been lots of talk anout catch tanks, plumbing into the wrong pipe, baffles in the catch tank, them not doing their job right etc etc, which has confused people including me.
So I want to do mine today, i have my catch tank from ross, no bafles im sure, so can someone who has done it correctly spill the beans for us all please.
Thanks lol, pics would be appreciated!
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Foxes don't have fluffy coats like that, either. If it was a fox, he wouldn't have let me pick him up.
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22-02-09, 05:05 PM
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i have got two catch tanks on mine with no baffles in them and they are both fitted on the larger and smaller pipes.
the place where i have fitted is where both pipes meet each other from both of the rocker covers.
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23-02-09, 11:55 AM
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you don't really need baffles in that one I gave you, just pack some of that wire wool you scrub pans with in it and that'll do tha same thing - if not better!
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23-02-09, 12:53 PM
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thanks, im still confused as to what pipe to connect to , of the two breathers LOL
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Originally Posted by Wanco
Foxes don't have fluffy coats like that, either. If it was a fox, he wouldn't have let me pick him up.
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23-02-09, 01:18 PM
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Silly question.....catch tanks?
what are they for and what is the benefit?
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24-02-09, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by stevelou5
Silly question.....catch tanks?
what are they for and what is the benefit?
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They reduce oil vapour entering the plenum and damaging the vis valves.
As suggested by a few folk, I was going to add some wire wool to my catch tank today. Only thing is, the wire wool seems to give off loads of little fibres. That surely isn't something you want floating about your system?
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24-02-09, 03:43 PM
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You don't want steel fibres making their way into the inlet manifold. In the worse case scenario, they will make their way into the cylinders resulting in damage to the cylinder walls and/or pistons.
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24-02-09, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by EMS Ltd.
You don't want steel fibres making their way into the inlet manifold. In the worse case scenario, they will make their way into the cylinders resulting in damage to the cylinder walls and/or pistons.
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Thanks EMS, what I thought.
[edit] Will see what those metal pan scourers are like. They might do the job.
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24-02-09, 05:45 PM
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Got myself some metal pan scourers. Have to say though, it all seems a bit Heath Robinson, adding bits of metal to air lines.
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25-04-09, 02:48 PM
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so whats the outcome then?
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