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Hello all, I have a Locust running a 1700 crossflow. My problem is the crankcase pressurisation this engine is producing, to the extent of blowing oil up the dipstick tube generally making a mess. The car has an aftermarket catch tank fitted with three connections to it, one is from the crankcase, one from the rocker box cover and the third is used as an overboard drain again making a mess of the underside. Surely this can't be right. Would it be ok to use this third one to go from d/stick tube to catch tank. It seems pointless to have a catch tank and them dump anything blown out overboard. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Ok thanks for your replies. After doing a bit more searching I'm going to start by re-routing the breather tube I.e. The one from the crankcase into the rocker box cover and take it from there, blank off the pipe into the catch tank and leave the drain one in place for the time being, but put it into a container of some sort. I won't know what results I'll get for a while as engine is partially stripped for access.
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