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[daz]

the car has a 165 chip on it piper cam etc,it never used any oil and now there is some oil streaks on the hoses up to the throttle houseing.
i am considering up-rating the breather,what have you used??
the bailey one is apparently good but expensive,spec-r dont know but it fits on the otherside to the original.
any others?
your tried and tested results will be appreciated .
daz

[AdrianFRST]

1. Get a drill.
2. Get sockets.
3. Remove rocker cover.
4. Use metal drill bits to remove plate that covers breather that leads to crankcase.
5. Replace rocker cover.
6. Bob is your uncle.

[Project]

That baffle is there to reduce oil spray from entering the breather system - the turbulence is supposed to precipitate the condensing of oil vapour afaik.

[Project]

If you can understand that, would that help??

[Project]

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[chumkila]

if i can understand it, i'm sure ANYONE can! nice1 Project.

[daz]

cheers guys.
have you carried out this modification?
do you end up with oil on the drive way.
daz

[Project]

Mine's more basic cos I'm running an n/a 2i engine but as long as the engine to swirlpot breather goes in the bottom of the swirl pot (instead of the top as they normally do) and the vacuum and breather-to-atmosphere pipes come out of the top there should be almost no oil.

No guarantee it works though :S

If you want to put a permanent vacuum in the breather system (to keep a flow of gases which in turn reduces sludge), you could blank off the thin vacuum line and connect the breather pipe to the air filter.

Oh, and those swirl pots can be pulled apart - there's a coarse grade mesh inside - this could do with being stuffed with slightly thicker padding.

[AdrianFRST]

OK project, even though the baffle creates pressure in the rocker cover and blows the oil filler cap off or blows oil in to the air filter breater system, so removing solves this problem, if you breather gets blocked its because you use poo oil or don't change it regularly.

[Project]

If there's enough blow by from the sump to create that much pressure in the first place, surely the engine needs a rebuild??

I'm only talking from what I've experienced - I'm listening

[AdrianFRST]

No, I know what you mean, it is due to the baffle causes a lag to the sump when it requires air, the vacuum in the sump builds up over a few revolutions then effectively inhales a large amount of air, then in builds up pressure quickly and blows thruogh the rocker cover and down the other breather, taking oil, or blows off the oil cover. It only occurs during high reving and the conditions have to be right. But then again the baffle is a mistake by ford anyway.

[daz]

so should i remove that baffle in the cam cover or what.
is it going to make more iol go down the pipes or stop it completely.
daz

[AdrianFRST]

stops oil to air filter, probably more from cover to crank but that don't matter, as long as you change oil regularly else this pipe gets blocked, the baffle is to stop old womens cars breaking when they don't change the oil for decades.