Ford Crossflow cathch tank/Breather
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Just got to finish my new lay out tomorrow ie pipes into the catch tank.So first pic Crank case breather under the carb...
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/catchtankb003_zps0f1898af.jpg)
into a tee with a pipe from rocker breather into that tee as well...
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/catchtankb004_zpsc274cd52.jpg)
those connected together will have one pipe up to my catch tank, eventually in ally but for the time being it is a washer bottle behind battery.....
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/catchtankb005_zps72544f38.jpg)
hopefully that will stop the torrie canyon under the engine and on the girlfriends driveway![rolleyes](/inc/images/rolleyes.gif)
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/catchtankb003_zps0f1898af.jpg)
into a tee with a pipe from rocker breather into that tee as well...
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/catchtankb004_zpsc274cd52.jpg)
those connected together will have one pipe up to my catch tank, eventually in ally but for the time being it is a washer bottle behind battery.....
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/catchtankb005_zps72544f38.jpg)
hopefully that will stop the torrie canyon under the engine and on the girlfriends driveway
![rolleyes](/inc/images/rolleyes.gif)
Hi Andrew
Not sure if this is needed now but I did the plumbing for my vent system on my vixen today,Ok garden hose and a washer bottle are not glam but for six pence I wanted to see it worked before I bought ali tank and hose etc. Well it has worked a treat no problems fitting took an hour and no more leaks from pressurisation, hope this helps.....
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/breatherpipe002_zps05a60e67.jpg)
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/breatherpipe008_zpsd01caf9c.jpg)
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/breatherpipe007_zps3ecb2510.jpg)
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/breatherpipe003_zps784fbcf9.jpg)
Not sure if this is needed now but I did the plumbing for my vent system on my vixen today,Ok garden hose and a washer bottle are not glam but for six pence I wanted to see it worked before I bought ali tank and hose etc. Well it has worked a treat no problems fitting took an hour and no more leaks from pressurisation, hope this helps.....
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/breatherpipe002_zps05a60e67.jpg)
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/breatherpipe008_zpsd01caf9c.jpg)
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/breatherpipe007_zps3ecb2510.jpg)
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag64/racing77/breatherpipe003_zps784fbcf9.jpg)
Edited by wadsapple on Thursday 5th September 20:14
wadsapple said:
Hi Andrew
Not sure if this is needed now but I did the plumbing for my vent system on my vixen today,Ok garden hose and a washer bottle are not glam but for six pence I wanted to see it worked before I bought ali tank and hose etc. Well it has worked a treat no problems fitting took an hour and no more leaks from pressurisation, hope this helps.....
Late to the party I know but love how you've coordinated the hosepipe to the body colour Not sure if this is needed now but I did the plumbing for my vent system on my vixen today,Ok garden hose and a washer bottle are not glam but for six pence I wanted to see it worked before I bought ali tank and hose etc. Well it has worked a treat no problems fitting took an hour and no more leaks from pressurisation, hope this helps.....
Edited by wadsapple on Thursday 5th September 20:14
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Sorry to hijack, slightly...
My rocker cover has a welded in breather (outlet?) which looks like it used to reach to the PCV, but now just vents to air, and also a filler cap which seems to breathe i.e. oil flicks out a little breather hole under pressure.
I'll be fitting a rudemantay catch tank (beer can) for the welded breather as oil to the engine block is pretty smelly, but would it also be worth fitting a non-breather oil filler cap too, or should I fit a breather cap and again venting to catch tank?
PCV valve seems to pipe to a manifold below the air filter.
Thanks,
J
My rocker cover has a welded in breather (outlet?) which looks like it used to reach to the PCV, but now just vents to air, and also a filler cap which seems to breathe i.e. oil flicks out a little breather hole under pressure.
I'll be fitting a rudemantay catch tank (beer can) for the welded breather as oil to the engine block is pretty smelly, but would it also be worth fitting a non-breather oil filler cap too, or should I fit a breather cap and again venting to catch tank?
PCV valve seems to pipe to a manifold below the air filter.
Thanks,
J
The more breathers the better on a crossflow so yes to the breather type cap linked to your beer can tank, are you running twin side-draught carbs or a single twin-choke? It sounds like the latter as the standard set-up the pcv valve does connect into the inlet manifold, it upsets the carb balancing if you try connecting this hose on a twin side- draught manifold. Geoff
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