My homemade Oil Catch Tank - pics inside

[Sean.]

Hi all, since my ITB's were put on the breather hose at the rear of the cam cover has been venting into atmosphere and everynow n then a tiny drop of oil will drip out into the engine bay.

So i decided that i should make my own oil catch tank, Ihad thse before in Mocal form and ive seen some on ebay for sale but i thought id save myself some cash n make one from scratch using material from work:

This is the end result, complete with filteration on the top, fill tube on the side, drain plug on the bottom and inlet boss from the breather hose. I made it but i got a guy at work to weld, i can mig weld and basic tig but not to this level.

Its not 100% perfect because i had to work with metal offcuts here at work, using brand new stuff is a bit cheeky!

anyway, only two pics but you get the idea!

Sorry this one is wonky, photobucket is throwing a wobbly!

 

[mattjk]

Looks spot on to me matey, although not to keen on the "SAMCO SAMCO SAMCO" though lol

 

[Sean.]

i can twist that out of sight.

 

[DrR]

Does look spot on, rest look a mess though lol

 

[Riley!]

looks really nice and tidy that mate. Loving the level indicator too, something that most lack

 

[Sean.]

Does look spot on, rest look a mess though lol

function over form!

 

[JW]

Heres mine that i whipped up the other day!

The old man hasnt noticed i chopped his hose pipe up yet though..

 

[JW]

Yours looks spot on, good job!

 

[iimushroomzii]

What do you work as? Looks a tidy job!

 

[Sean.]

where did you get those socks from, i need a new set and those look better then the P/X ones

 

[Lagerlout]

Top job! Love the little 'sight glass' too!

 

[Sean.]

What do you work as? Looks a tidy job!

i work as a prototype engine builder for jag, but have just moved departments and now i run a test cell running the engines that i used to build. trying to get a full set of skills. been here 7years now. Fabrication is a skill we use all the time so knocking this up was fairly simple...im lucky i have all the material and equipment that allows this kinda thing.

 

[theduck]

why have you got all the original cold air feed etc in?? :S

 

[Greeny.]

lol JW and nice job with that Sean

 

[DrR]

I wondered that.

 

[Nick172Cup]

Does having an oil catch tank have any negative points to it? Was speaking to a friend a while ago who used to be a mechanic (old skool one though) and he said having one like that without the pressure of the air going through the airbox/inlet would break seals on the engine? Plus he also said having a little bit of oil as its just really a mist helps the pistons for when they come back up? Im not very clued up about it tbh so if anyone could shed a bit of light that would be nice.

On a side note, looks very nice and neat!

Nick

 

[mattjk]

Sounds like b****cks to me.

 

[Sean.]

i agree, cant run the breather to itb's!

Still got the cold air feed in because i cant be bothered to remove it! perhaps ones day! i guess it keeps the bay a bit cooler, but probably not. next time im doing something on the car i'll pull it out

 

[iimushroomzii]

i work as a prototype engine builder for jag, but have just moved departments and now i run a test cell running the engines that i used to build. trying to get a full set of skills. been here 7years now. Fabrication is a skill we use all the time so knocking this up was fairly simple...im lucky i have all the material and equipment that allows this kinda thing.

Sounds like an awesome job mate! does sound really interesting!

 

[B16DOE]

i would be happy if i had done it

 

[JW]

Got them from Merlins the other day mate. Wanted a box but doesnt look like theres enough room really.

They were bwt £11 quid each i think.

 

[Ali]

Function over form!