Oil Breather System In Pinto

[Guest HS88]

I have a 1600 pinto and am in the process of removing the inlet manifold (weber 32/36).

 

This manifold has the water feed from water pump, servo output to the brake servo, plus an input/output which as shown below goes to/from the engine block, by the nearside engine mount and oil filter.

Firstly, can somebody tell me what this is, what is the lump, valve of some sort? and when replacing the manifold, what should I do with this hose that goes to the weber manifold?

 

I rang Burton Power to get an idea of what I might need to do but I feel a hoodie's view will possibly be more helpful.

 

I've been told I would want to have an oil catch tank, breather and a take off from the rocker...still not quite sure what I was supposed to do with this crank case breather pipe (if thats what it is?)

 

Thanks!!

[Snapperpaul]

That's the crank case breather valve, has a vacuum operated flap

You can remove the flap and run to a catch tank

Rocker goes to the other catch tank inlet

16mm minimum pipe size or you may pressurise the crank case, oil comes out of the dipstick tube

[Guest HS88]

Thanks for that!! so i just install a catch tank like below...

At the bottom, does this valve allow oil to be drained or can it just be returned into the engine?

[Guest HS88]

and also, what, if any, breather filters would I need and where?

Thanks.

[Guest mower man]

One onthe catch tankis all thats needed , I,llsend you photos ,how is the tie bar project progressing mower man [ mick ]

[Guest HS88]

when you say one on the catch tank, do you mean a t-piece off either inlet to it with a breather off the t-piece?

haha tie-bar progress has been slow. busy at work, but I will try to get on a lathe this week if I can...

[speedtripledan]

put the crankcase breather to the catch tank and the rocker to atmosphere if you put them both to the catchtank you will pressurise the engine and blow oil out.. several members have suffered after doing it wrong

[Guest HS88]

Thanks.

so shall I just leave my rocker cap as it is...standard plastic cap with some vents built in...

[Guest arf!!]

i have rocker and crank to the catch tank, but the tank has a vented cap on it so no probs there.

[Guest HS88]

thanks for the help arf. I'll see what sort of catch tank I can find.

[Guest HS88]

Have just found this article from Burton Power in particular:

 

 

Does the Pinto have a plug in the sump which could be used for a drain?

 

Can anyone recommend a catch tank to buy?

 

Thanks.

[Guest arf!!]

that's the set up i now have minus the drain to sump its not needed just get a tank with a sight gauge on the side and a drain plug in the bottom of it,

[Guest HS88]

Thanks. A lot of tanks I'm finding have two inlets but no breather!

 

How could I plumb these up? Or do I need to have one that already had a breather like:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310354558901

 

Cheers.

[Snapperpaul]

I have a sealed catch tank

I run a breather filter off a T, will be changing to a filter on the tank as oil pumps out of the T

Drain back is not a good idea as catch tank has oil and condensation water in it, you will drain water back to the sump

[Guest arf!!]

one pipe from the rocker cover and one pipe from the crank case breather and your done, SIMPLES!