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fiat oil breather pipe
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:23 pm
by callyspoy
hi folks, the oil breather/vent pipe that is just behind/to the side of the fuel pump, what do other peiple do with this? i would've thought like minor, run it to the air filter, but i have no real place to do that unless i cut a hole in the top of the K&N plate. any advice would be appreciated...
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:12 pm
by plastic_orange
Just vent it to the ground - or a catch tank.
Pete
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:18 pm
by callyspoy
that, my friend, was exactly what i wanted to hear! to the ground is my kind of thing!
out of curiosity...heard catch tank being bandied around, what exactly is a catch tank?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:24 am
by bigginger
Nuffink much - a tank at the end of a pipe (sometines containing wire gauze or other filtration) which allows the oil vapour to collect as oil. which can be, um, responsibly disposed of. 'Trick' on the custom scene used to be to use a beer can - very "cool", ahem. Some swear (vigorously) by sucking the stuff back into the engine, but try just venting it and see if it does the job, though some filtration or collection woud be nice if it does.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:46 am
by callyspoy
cheers BG, much appreciated!
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:42 pm
by moggyman64
Hi callyspoy,
I bought a small round filter approx 50mm diameter similar looking to a K&N filter. It has a spigot and I just pushed it into the pipe and secured with a jubilee clip. This works well and looks smart aswell. I thnk I bought it fom "motorworld" for about a fiver.
Cheers
Keith
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:16 pm
by Innovator
We always put a small K&N on the breather. This stops dirt going into the engine.
On the standard Fiat a pipe went up to the air filter housing.