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just after pics of you oil catch can or what have you made or used for your catch can

Buy an Oil Catch can
Most Race /After Maket Auto Parts Suppliers Will Have Them
Anywere From $80-120

And make sure they have sufficient sized fittings (at least same or bigger than factory vent pipe) or they will cause excessive crank case pressure.

I love seeing the jap crap with there flash monza oil catch cans with big outlets on the rocker covers going to pissy 5/16 - 3/8 catch can fittings.

Or if you want something that actually works, buy a breather filter - like the Provent.

beinthemud wrote:Buy an Oil Catch can
Most Race /After Maket Auto Parts Suppliers Will Have Them
Anywere From $80-120

dont waste your money on rubbish like above
I've done some reseach and as isuzurover said buy a provent

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/PRO-VENT-200-CRA ... 3ca68153b3

Isuzurover work in the r&d side of filters and knows what hes talking about

If you want to do your own reseach read this

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic193663-60.php

Hamo wrote:

beinthemud wrote:Buy an Oil Catch can
Most Race /After Maket Auto Parts Suppliers Will Have Them
Anywere From $80-120

dont waste your money on rubbish like above
I've done some reseach and as isuzurover said buy a provent

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/PRO-VENT-200-CRA ... 3ca68153b3

Isuzurover work in the r&d side of filters and knows what hes talking about

If you want to do your own reseach read this

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic193663-60.php

I Dont Reckon
There Fine untill the filter clogs with Oil and Presurises the Engine
Least with A Catch Can you can Take the Filter off

I'm pretty sure Awill also does large stainless catch cans to suit diesel engines. There's a thread on here about them - can't be fagged finding it though.

Maybe you should read the info first, Provent 200 is fitted with a Bypass valve to prevent excessive crank case pressure.

So what Happen When the By pass Valve Fails

I use A race type Catch Can Its twin Baffled near the Top, I Have Removed the Filter , Never had aproblem with Oil Escaping

hulsty wrote:Maybe you should read the info first, Provent 200 is fitted with a Bypass valve to prevent excessive crank case pressure.

And Also what Happens If blowing out the Crank seal is eaisier than over riding the Valve Bypass Valve

heres mine..


oh.. i mean this..




I still need to tee the drain into the turbo oil return line but will do that after I've emptied the temp bottle a few times first. The catch can is empty at the moment as the amount of oil I see coming out of it at times is too much to even worry about putting something in there to catch the oil from the air. i suppose you could put some steel wool in there with a magnet near the drain to catch any potential steel wool bits going into the sump.

what hose is that? what dia id and is it resonably flexible ?

hulsty wrote:what hose is that? what dia id and is it resonably flexible ?

It's rated oil breather hose, you can get it at Repco and most hose suppliers in varying sizes. Just ask for oil breather hose.

beinthemud wrote:

hulsty wrote:Maybe you should read the info first, Provent 200 is fitted with a Bypass valve to prevent excessive crank case pressure.

And Also what Happens If blowing out the Crank seal is eaisier than over riding the Valve Bypass Valve

A lot of R&D has gone into them and they are designed for large (and expensive) engines. If your crank seal blows berfore the valve pops then it was probably home made from a used condom.

There have been no reports of the bypass valves failing to date. The filters should have a 1500+ hr lifespan.

If a filter does clog and you don't have a spare, you can remove the filter, and it will work like a catch can.

ISUZUROVER wrote:

beinthemud wrote:

hulsty wrote:Maybe you should read the info first, Provent 200 is fitted with a Bypass valve to prevent excessive crank case pressure.

And Also what Happens If blowing out the Crank seal is eaisier than over riding the Valve Bypass Valve

A lot of R&D has gone into them and they are designed for large (and expensive) engines. If your crank seal blows berfore the valve pops then it was probably home made from a used condom.

There have been no reports of the bypass valves failing to date. The filters should have a 1500+ hr lifespan.

If a filter does clog and you don't have a spare, you can remove the filter, and it will work like a catch can.

Dosent mean it hasent happened yet
Alot Of R&D goes into alot of Crap Dosent allways make it the Answer
I Choose to go with something Tryed and true and wont Fark up in the Forest and make me have to walk home .

beinthemud wrote:...
I Choose to go with something Tryed and true and wont Fark up in the Forest and make me have to walk home .

Well then you should fit a Provent. They have been around for a few years now - hundreds of thousands in use world wide. No problems to my knowledge.

do we have any internal pics of the provent

ledgend80 wrote:do we have any internal pics of the provent

www.westernfilters.com.au/docs/Mann_Pro-Vent.pdf

Doesn't give an explicit internal pic, but it basically looks like a catch can inside. The tricky part is the filter element and the valves.

ledgend80 wrote:do we have any internal pics of the provent

http://www.whitedogrover.com/oil_separator.htm


4th pic, does it help?

(don't mind the text it's yet to be revised)