Catch tank

[stainesy]

is the system totally pressure fed or is it gravity fed too?

presure. its the crank case ventilasion pipe

[Enigma666]

Is there enough pressure to get it up an inclined pipe that far from the outlet then?
These are all things that need to be thought about otherwise just the pipe will clog and it will be a bugger to clean.

[badger1980]

Has anybody done a how to with pics just need the main pipes labelling there's alot of pipes in the engine lol

[stainesy]

Is there enough pressure to get it up an inclined pipe that far from the outlet then?
These are all things that need to be thought about otherwise just the pipe will clog and it will be a bugger to clean.

dont see how it can clog. it just vents presure. yeah it does get oil in it but as long as there is no kinks in the pipe then it shouldnt clog.

im online now about to buy a catch tank. cant decide weather to get one with a filter on top or not.

what im doing is my standered vent pipe has snapped under the manifold so im going to just add a pipe to the snapped end of that and direct it without bending it to much to the catch tank then an pipe coming from the catch tank out the bottom of the car.

[stainesy]

got my catch tank today. look realy nice but cant fit it as lastnight i drunkenly shattered 2 knuckles on my right hand. sods bloooody law. gutted

[stainesy]

just had a look around my engine bay. cant find a place to put the catch tank. anybody got any ideas?

[zoomungus]

i have the same problem

[stainesy]

i have the same problem

yeah its anoying aint it. the only thing i can think of is to do away with the mounting braket that came with mine and use 2 big jubalee clips around the catch tank and atach to the top engine mount arm.

[Mrsmopp]

Oh.My.God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zoomungus]

no theres got to be a better/tidy way, it will look pants like that

[stainesy]

no theres got to be a better/tidy way, it will look pants like that

true. what do you recon?

the braket that came with mine is pretty pants

do you have a square one or a round one?

[zoomungus]

at the moment i have just a length of garden hose on that pipe, it runs out beneath the car, im not sure what tank or where to put the tank, im just glad all that crap is not being blown thru my intercooler, turbo and dv! i will have a quick look under the bonnet later, some of the others on here must have fitted it somewhere?

[stainesy]

has anybody got a catch tank fitted? if so where is it fitted to and is there any pics?

[redbaron]

i think a how to should be made ''idiots guide to catch tanks''

would you not fit it on the right hand side of engine between suspension mount and where the old airbox lived,

[zoomungus]

i think a how to should be made ''idiots guide to catch tanks''

would you not fit it on the right hand side of engine between suspension mount and where the old airbox lived,

lol...................a best seller! Or a self help guide "The Volvo 850 Holistic guide to brakes or lack of them"

[Benny Boy]

forgive me if have misunderstood something, but isn't the standard PCV system just a self draining catch tank?

the crankcase gases complete with oil particles in it, pass through the canaster on the back of the block. the oil particles are separated from the gases by the structure inside the canaster. the oil then returns into the block by gravity, the clean gases then vent into induction side of things just before the turbo.

So if the system works, there should be very little to no oil in the vented gases.

Adding a second catch tank in series with the existing pcv canaster seems a bit overkill if the standard system is functioning properly.

[zoomungus]

er........clean.........CLEAN! have you seen the crap that is chucked out, its goo!

[stainesy]

would you not fit it on the right hand side of engine between suspension mount and where the old airbox lived,

i still have my air box with a K&N panel filter so nopecant put it there.

the only place i have room is just to the right of the top engine mount arm.

look

[850twr]

yeah its anoying aint it. the only thing i can think of is to do away with the mounting braket that came with mine and use 2 big jubalee clips around the catch tank and atach to the top engine mount arm.

that would vibrate like hell

[zoomungus]

and look like poo!