What are swirl pots and oil breathers?

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What are swirl pots and oil breathers?

Postby IanRST on Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:37 pm

What do they do for the car?
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Postby MIK3Y on Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:23 pm

The oil separater does as the original but i bought 1 because the oil the orignal seperator spits into the engine bay when over filled or whatever now drains back into the sump.
Apparently the original sepator strugles when running higher boost.
The swirl pots seem like a gimic, not sure though.
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Postby Fezzy Turbo on Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:34 pm

The water swirl pot is meant to spin the water as it flows and gets rid of any bubbles which can cause an air trap in your coolant pipes....................but................... Ford already thought of that as your thermostat housing does it
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Postby Stoned on Sun Oct 12, 2003 9:56 pm

To be blunt and straight to the point they are both shiny things to put in your engine bay :lol:
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