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Offline DaBigGinger

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Annoying oil mist from catch tank
« on: February 01, 2009, 01:46:08 pm »
The oil mist that has been coming out my catch tank is beginning to make a bit of a mess of the intercooler down below. What have you guys done to combat this? I was thinking about making/fitting some kind of filter to catch most of this. I was thinking about getting a small K&N filter to cover the outlet. I'm curious to see what other people think/have done.
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Re: Annoying oil mist from catch tank
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2009, 02:05:43 pm »
yeah I had a small filter on mine to stop most of that when I had my old engine in which suffered a lot of blowby.
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Re: Annoying oil mist from catch tank
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2009, 08:12:54 pm »
Cheers, Paul! I certainly hope it's not blow by on mine - the engine has only done around 5000 miles! Mind you, it doesn't really use any noticeable amount of oil between changes, so I'm sure it's fine!
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Re: Annoying oil mist from catch tank
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2009, 10:16:52 am »
you have forged pistons don't you?  Bear in mind that until the engine gets hot you do get a fair amount of blowby from those pistons until they expand and seal properly.

I was getting a LOT of oil mist from my catch tank though with my old engine in.
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Re: Annoying oil mist from catch tank
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2009, 08:01:56 pm »
Ah, yes... good point! I'd completely forgotten about that!
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