Installing an oil catch can

[stumpys]

Now I know everyone will tell me the problems with these engines but I have an 03 D22 Navara (gulp) ZD30 engine.

I want to install an oil catch can as it seems the best thing to do in order to alleviate some of the problems in these engines.

Can someone please tell me (with pictures if possible) how and where these go in the system and the inlet/outlet sizes on the can that I require?

No real mods to the ute yet - other than EGR blocked off and a few $'000 dollars spent on repairs of diesel pump/computer/primer pump etc etc but that is another story.

Thanks in advance.

Mike

[Taz]

Hey man. Check out http://www.patrol4x4.com.

There should be all the info you want and more about the hand grenades on there.

[stumpys]

looked there but their search engine kept shitting itself. Any help appreciated as I want my wagon to last.

[Taz]

Yeah you need to use the search button that's in between quick links and new posts for it to work.

[tweake]

http://www.navara.asia/forum.php




my modded can. hose is 1/2" fuel hose (i think).

[Heath]

Do you need to put a medium (steel wool, metal gauze or what have you) to give the vapour droplets something to adhere to?

[DaveM]

Do you need to put a medium (steel wool, metal gauze or what have you) to give the vapour droplets something to adhere to?

A lot of trialling has been done by guys on the Patrol site, and found that the oil vapours still get through steel wool etc. Quite a few are going for seperators designed for the job, rather than the bling style found at Ripco etc.
I will be running a Ripco style one with steel wool, with the difference being, mine won't be re-plumbed back into the intake, rather venting to atmosphere. The can is just there to try to capture as much as possible.

[tweake]

sorry should have mentioned it has breather filter in it to separate the oil. a compressed air filter is ok if you can get it cheap. even then some find the filter in it is bit to small.



the plastic wrap has since been trimmed a bit. its there to force the flow down woulds otherwise the oil mist tries to go through one stop on the filter straight to the outlet.

[stumpys]

As dumb as this sounds, I have installed the oil catch can. thank you for the images and instructions on how to do so, I have "vented the Can to air" and not put it back thriugh the air intake system and the turbo. Should I expect an increase in "grunt" with the vehicle burning cleaner air?

[tweake]

i doubt it.

just watch you don't get oil blowing out of your catch can. if there is no filter medium in the can the oil will just end up all over the engine bay. also watch where the outlet is, you don't want to drive through water and have it fill up with water

[gary_in_nz]

i just vent mine straight from the rocker cover breather to the right hand chassis rail. chassis now well preserved, might swap sides next week.