Rocker Breather Cap Too Tall

[Guest tom2b]

I have just tried fitting a breather rocker cap to my bonnet and its too tall for the bonnet! Can i get a slim line cap or does anyone have any ideas on tackling it without major car surgery?

[Guest mastarforth]

yes you can buy a slim line cap, not sure if somewhere like halfrauds do one, but I am fairly certain that there is a slim line one in the Burton power catalogue!

[Guest vacinc]

or put one of these on, back to front

[Guest Phil Slater]

Tom

 

Of course it will depend on where it is making contact. Mine was catching on the centre join of my bonnet so I took my grinder to it and - shall we say relieved the area above the breather that was making contact.

 

HTH

[Guest shane1664]

I had the same problem, as im not using the re-breathing facility i just took a hacksaw to my cap, now currently flat, still with the mesh in it... just looking for something fancy to put over the top of it.

 

Shane

[steve in stockport]

Tom

 

why dont you use a standard low filler cap, couple of quid , and then when you're changing your rocker cover gasket you can drill the rocker cover and put a 15mm tank connector from a plumbers merchant with a small piece of copper pipe in the hole

 

from this you can pipe oil vapour away to your catch tank

 

probably cost about a tenner all told

 

Steve

[Guest tom2b]

Sounds like a possibility, will i need to fit a baffle behind this else wont it pump oil straight to the catch tank?

[steve in stockport]

it should be ok if you mount it well up the side of the rocker cover, but if you're worried you could fit a deflector plate similar to the one under the filler neck or stick some of the gauze from the filler cap in the pipe

 

Steve

[Guest tom2b]

Cracking idea steve, will get one today

[Guest tom2b]

Got one earlier, another job for the weekend!

Plumbing stuff isnt cheap, cost an arm and a leg for what it is

[Guest tom2b]

I decided against drilling holes in the rocker, instead i angle grindered the bonnet as phil suggested, sorted!

[Guest gdc]

quote plumbing stuff isnt cheap

 

now you know why it costs to get plumbing work done !

 

as enforcer says the take of with a deflector plate seems the way to go

 

regards graham (the plumbing and heating chap)

[Guest tom2b]

I was going to use the take off and deflector approach but it was easier to chop the connet joining seam.

 

After seeing the price of that one piece i can now appreciate why plumbers are so expensive

[gomatthome]

try halfords part no HOC 601 £2.50.

[steve in stockport]

dont know what you bought from the plumbers Tom, but heres what i was talking about

 

tank connector

 

only £1.49 or even less if you buy 10 at a time

 

Steve