Pcv off catchtank on but failed

**Mongo** · Saturday 11th May 2013, 18:46

Today i removed all my pcv and run all the breathers out of 22mm copper piping to a catch tank. On start up and idle all is good after my litle boot home i checked to see if everything was ok aand there was oil evrywere im hoping its the dipstick not sealed properly otherwise manifold all off agin tomorow.
Bloody cars fix one problem cause another lol.

**BlackBeast** · Saturday 11th May 2013, 19:00

How have you plumbed the exit from the catch tank?

**Jamest5r** · Saturday 11th May 2013, 19:05

Originally Posted by Mongo

Today i removed all my pcv and run all the breathers out of 22mm copper piping to a catch tank. On start up and idle all is good after my litle boot home i checked to see if everything was ok aand there was oil evrywere im hoping its the dipstick not sealed properly otherwise manifold all off agin tomorow.
Bloody cars fix one problem cause another lol.

So you have done away with the black box??, i also run copper pipe from the block/plastic box to catch tank with no problems

**Mongo** · Saturday 11th May 2013, 19:34

Yea done away with the box just blanked off botom hole the midle and cam cover breather go into 22mm copper all the way to the catch can with a fillter not into intake pipe.

**Jamest5r** · Saturday 11th May 2013, 19:47

Originally Posted by Mongo

Yea done away with the box just blanked off botom hole the midle and cam cover breather go into 22mm copper all the way to the catch can with a fillter not into intake pipe.

Is the bottom hole not a breather as well?

**oblark** · Saturday 11th May 2013, 19:52

Originally Posted by Jamest5r

Is the bottom hole not a breather as well?

The bottom hole is the drain back to the sump.

**Jamest5r** · Saturday 11th May 2013, 19:56

Originally Posted by oblark

The bottom hole is the drain back to the sump.

So if he's blocked it where is the oil going??

**oblark** · Saturday 11th May 2013, 20:04

Originally Posted by Jamest5r

So if he's blocked it where is the oil going??

It`s so the PCV drains back to the sump

**Mongo** · Saturday 11th May 2013, 20:23

All the oil vapour that should go back into the drain hole will now go in to the catch tank. I think its only my dipstic thats leaking otherwise iv gota strip it all over again and i cba.