Oil breather

[mitch1990]

Is this the black circle between the oil dipstick and throttle body and can it be replaced with an proper filter breather ?

 

[deadmau5]

Have a look on Stu Pollock's thread.

 

[mitch1990]

Cheers mate but that's with an oil catch tank aswel

 

[Willis]

That's the better option. I you just stick a little filter on then you'll be venting oil vapour all over the underneath of your bonnet and all over you engine. With a Catch Tank, the vapour has somewhere to gather once it cools and you can then just empty it away...

 

[mitch1990]

Cheers mate anyone got a how to or know where the pipes will go to please ?

 

[ryan197]

i brought some pipe and a catch tank to fit on the 197, but never got round to fitting it, can buy it if you like

 

[ben_r1]

If the engines in good condition it shouldn't breath that heavily anyway so don't worry about mess from the breather filter.

Ive got a catch tank fitted and in 2000 miles theres not been a drop of oil. In the misses 182 though she does short journeys everyday so it fills up with water once a month lol.

 

[mitch1990]

Ok cheers anyone got pics of where the pipes will go

 

[Foxspeed]

you will still get "fumes" engine oil smell......

 

[ben_r1]

Ok cheers anyone got pics of where the pipes will go

No pics to hand but the pipe at the rear of the head above the exhaust manifold on a 90 degree adaptor facing the O/S, this vents to the inlet via the vacuum control valve.

On mine that runs direct to the catch tank and I also have the gearbox breather venting into the catch tank too obviously you'll have to block the inlet up.