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Castle Hill
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August 2003
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Setting up an oil catch can that returns to sump?
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Mon, 18 April 2005 14:33
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During my many hours of readins on GE conversions, I cam across a section that said during hard corners some people had oil surge with oil enter the intake manifold, and making it smoke like hell, and to prevent this it said to set up an oil catch can with a return to the sump, I did a search, and I found people saying its not a good idea to do this?
Are they right?
If not and it is a good idea, How do i set it up?
I could only find info in setting it up, but not about setting one up with return to sump?
and when I spoke to a mate he said that oil catch cans dont allow you to return to sump? So now I am confused as hell?
Can someone please help me out and clear my head?
This is the section of text that started this confusion:
Oil Drains
The 16 Valve engines have a tendency to top the head up with oil at high RPM. On the earlier engines this can result in oil getting into the intake manifold via the cam cover breather and turning the motor into a 2-stroke, especially if you are cornering at the time. Not a good look, trust me. I thought I had killed it...
Some cars also have oil surge in this state with attendant drop off in oil pressure. I stress that this tends to occur in race applications only. This can still occur with the 'Red Top' motor despite the external oil drain. Most people solve the problem by fitting an external catch tank with a drain back to the sump, with the intake breather taking suction from this catch tank.
taken from : http://www.users.bigpond.com/vidore/toyota_4age_en gine.htm
I should ask before I go and bother with any of this, Has anyone ever actually had this problem?am I getting worried for nothing? Or does it actually happen a bit, esp. on race track, and in drift where hard and fast cornering is definate?
Thank you to anyone that can help me out on this!
THANK YOU!!!
-Whitchy-
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