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Re: [Fot] crankcase vent catch can

To: Yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] crankcase vent catch can
From: Jason Ostrowski <jason@multivintage.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 11:48:06 -0500
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Hmm. Interesting.
I'm actually in the process of trying to give the Zippy Car more venting at
the top of the rockers and was going to copy the way I have it on the
yellow car.
I have a sealed tube that exits at the front of the valve cover and wraps
around the back to the other side where there is a tank (with a foam filter
inside) mounted to the where the stock fuel pump would go.
So I supposed it flowed towards below the back end of the camshaft
It never occurred to me that the oil could get wet or milky.
This has seemed to work well???
I can't say I have seen any evidence of moisture or poor oil color inside
the tank.  .
Your comments have me now wondering if there may be a better way.
I'm willing to try something different so I would be interest in more info
on the topic of valve cover venting on the 6 Cylinder.
Thanks!
Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing
1969 Triumph GT6+ Racecars




On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Yellow04 <yellow04@tr4racer.com> wrote:

> I'm from the school of thought that if oil gets blown out of the engine,
> it's milky, full of condensation, and has no business going back into my
> motor! If you are putting enough oil on the catch tank that you NEED to
> drain it back into the motor, something is not right.
>
> Brian, one cup of oil in the catch tank after running a Mosport weekend is
> not a lot of oil. Think of the amount of time you had that throttle at WFO
> over the course of the weekend... That's the beauty of Mosport!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Ostrowski
> > Subject: Re: [Fot] crankcase vent catch can
> >
> > Brian,
> > I have my vent catch tank set-up designed to allow the "vented oil" from
> the
> > catch can to gravity feed back down into the main oil galley. There are
> a few
> > different ways to do that and it works good. It makes the venting more
> > effective due to the circular flow and the oil is not lost, never needs
> to be
> > drained and stays in the motor to be used.
> > Good luck.
> > Jason Ostrowski
> > Friendly Ghost Racing
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hmm. Interesting.</div><div>I&#39;m actually in the p=
rocess of trying to give the Zippy Car more venting at the top of the rocke=
rs=C2=A0and was going to copy the way I have it on the yellow car.</div><di=
v>I have a sealed tube that exits at the front of the valve cover and wraps=
 around the back to the other side where there is a tank (with a foam filte=
r inside)=C2=A0mounted to the where the stock fuel pump would go.</div><div=
>So=C2=A0I supposed=C2=A0it=C2=A0flowed towards below the back end of the c=
amshaft=C2=A0</div><div>It never occurred to me that the oil could get wet =
or milky.</div><div>This has seemed to work well???</div><div>I can&#39;t s=
ay I have=C2=A0seen any evidence of moisture or poor oil color inside the t=
ank. =C2=A0.</div><div>Your comments have me now wondering if there may be =
a better way.</div><div>I&#39;m willing to try something different so I wou=
ld be interest in more info on the topic of valve cover venting on the 6 Cy=
linder.</div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Jason Ostrowski</div><div>Friendly Ghos=
t Racing</div><div>1969 Triumph GT6+ Racecars</div><div><br></div><div>=C2=
=A0</div><div><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"=
gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Yellow04 <span dir=3D"ltr">&=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:yellow04@tr4racer.com"; target=3D"_blank">yellow04@tr4r=
acer.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I&#39;m =
from the school of thought that if oil gets blown out of the engine, it&#39=
;s milky, full of condensation, and has no business going back into my moto=
r! If you are putting enough oil on the catch tank that you NEED to drain i=
t back into the motor, something is not right.<br>
<br>
Brian, one cup of oil in the catch tank after running a Mosport weekend is =
not a lot of oil. Think of the amount of time you had that throttle at WFO =
over the course of the weekend... That&#39;s the beauty of Mosport!<br>
<span class=3D"im HOEnZb"><br>
&gt; -----Original Message-----<br>
&gt; From: Jason Ostrowski<br>
&gt; Subject: Re: [Fot] crankcase vent catch can<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Brian,<br>
&gt; I have my vent catch tank set-up designed to allow the &quot;vented oi=
l&quot; from the<br>
&gt; catch can to gravity feed back down into the main oil galley. There ar=
e a few<br>
&gt; different ways to do that and it works good. It makes the venting more=
<br>
&gt; effective due to the circular flow and the oil is not lost, never need=
s to be<br>
&gt; drained and stays in the motor to be used.<br>
&gt; Good luck.<br>
&gt; Jason Ostrowski<br>
&gt; Friendly Ghost Racing<br>
<br>
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