ebay catch can ....... baffeled

[big mick 1981]

So after seeing one on here and reading of the benefits of not having oil pumped back into the intake and mixing with egr soot I decided to get myself one

(plenty of other guides on how to do this on other forums)


Started off with a eBay non baffled catch tank



Stripped it down





Got myself a 10mm od piece off pipe and gave it a slight bend so it would fit into the inlet and clear the walls of the tank





Then cut notches out off it so the pipe can still breath as it fills with oil









Next I got a mesh folder from homebase for a fiver , and cut out 3 rings with hole for intake to make a filter for the top outlet













Then I filled it with the baffle material , for this I used stainless steel scouring balls which can be stretched out yet won't break up . One went around the pipe the other 3 packed the can. The pads were a quid





That pic had 3 pads in the fourth went in to completely fill it and 're attached the bottom , job done



Any comments on it or surgestions off anthing I've not thought off are welcomed . I will not be venting to atmosphere but back into intake with a hell of a lot less oil

[big mick 1981]

Maybe should of put this in the how 2 section , ooops

[big mick 1981]

Finally got around to fitting this today, didn't take long and happy with the results


Made a bracket up, plumbed it in. The pics can do the talking





















Now for the disbelievers that say cdtis already have a catch can so doesn't require one well I poked my finger inside the metal pipe before the intake and






That's not a mist that's proper heavy oil LOL

[cont1204]

Great mod! Well done.

[wildchild]

Thats a snazzy looking one m8 got a link for it pls buddy
gaz

[Leemarksmith]

Need to do this on my CDTI, I made a custom one using a compressor water trap on my 2.2, it sift through some right gunk!!

[ScotsDragon]

Guess what i am doing soon, Great mod, i have had the same can sitting around for ages.

[big mick 1981]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=221117129224



That's what I got , easy to baffle so it will actually work as they wouldn't do fek all without it other than look pretty lol


Thanks for the comments guys

[ScotsDragon]

What diameter of rubber breather hose do you need to connect can..

[big mick 1981]

I bought 13mm Id 18mm od heater hose as its got good heat resistance and is internally reinforced to save it chafing through. Bit of a squeeze joining on the metal pipe to intake but bit of fairy liquid and it went on. Couldn't get original rubber off so cut it and used an inch of 15mm pipe to insert and join original and new pipe then jubilee clip as required


Next up is to restrict egr soot flow till I can have it properly mapped out



But for now hopefully this will allow my intake system to start a cleaning cycle