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10th Apr, 2005 at 09:22:35pm

I know it is meant to be vented but would a non vented one be ok*oh well*


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11th Apr, 2005 at 01:55:10pm

maybe - but more breathers the better.

Why not mod it?

All i do is (after removing it) take a hacksaw down the side of the breatherpipe, and all the way through the can.
Then cut a thin piece of rectangular sheet metal to the correct size. Next, buy two of those stainless pan scrubs from wilko's for a quid - or less if you shop around (to replace the rusting mess that fell out). Stuff the scrub in the can, then weld the steel plate over the top!

Bosh!

No more fan spacers needed (and easy radiator removal from then on)

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11th Apr, 2005 at 02:14:24pm

Not got one = I run a belt.

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11th Apr, 2005 at 02:25:30pm

not going to run a side rad so no need for me, but if i was i would run one, then pipe it to the rocker cover and have that piped to a catch tank. much neater

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11th Apr, 2005 at 02:45:44pm

Point taken - but why not use the breather can/flame trap to actually stop the majority of the oil mist actually getting upto the catch tank?

You won't be saying 'much neater' when you have a nice film of oil over your engine bay after ragging it round combe for 20 laps! LOL!

Edited by turbodave16v on 11th Apr, 2005.

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11th Apr, 2005 at 02:48:17pm

Aka jim last year! (cant actually remember where all his oil came from though!)

Oh yeah, didnt mean get rid of the trap, just meant route it to the rocker, more chance to remove extra vapour then *smiley*


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11th Apr, 2005 at 03:50:17pm

Main the exhaust if I remember :p

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11th Apr, 2005 at 04:17:48pm

pardon?

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11th Apr, 2005 at 05:30:51pm

no oil was coming from my turbo, it was all breathers! mainly the breather near the rad as I forgot to put a pipe on it, so the fan was sucking all the air from the breather, and blowing it around the engine bay. The other breather on the flywheel housing had no pipe on it either, it's still doesn't actually, another job for me

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I think the welsh one has it right!


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12th Apr, 2005 at 12:05:32pm

What I meant was I have a cover of a 998 with no vent can I use this or find a 1275 vented one


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12th Apr, 2005 at 12:10:45pm

better to find one with a vent

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I think the welsh one has it right!


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12th Apr, 2005 at 12:48:55pm

ive got loads i reckon....

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12th Apr, 2005 at 01:53:09pm

On 12/04/2005 12:05:32 Dangerous said:
What I meant was I have a cover of a 998 with no vent can I use this or find a 1275 vented one


aaahh - so you don't have even a basic 1275 one...

No reason why you couldn't mod a 998 one to put a breatherpipe on there... As you have to mod the 1275 one to clear the fan anyway, i'd just stick a pipe on a 998 one.

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