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General => General Queries / Hints and Tips on purchasing a rotary => Topic started by: gaz 7470 on April 19, 2004, 10:31:08 AM

Title: oil catch tank
Post by: gaz 7470 on April 19, 2004, 10:31:08 AM
hi looking to buy a rx7 and the one ive seen has a oil catch tank on it but have no idea what this is or what it does any help would be great thanks
Title: oil catch tank
Post by: 20B_boy on April 19, 2004, 10:50:01 AM
Basically:

As your motor works it breathes/vents all manner of oily/petrolly scum like any other engine. On a standard car this rubbish is fed back into the intake tract - hence why you often get a small build up of black sludge in your intercooler piping. In theory with a catch tank fitted the vented rubbish should just collect in the catch tank for disposal at your leisure, rather than contaminating your inlet charge...
Title: oil catch tank
Post by: gaz 7470 on April 19, 2004, 10:54:49 AM
ok thanks for that gotta be a good thing then
Title: oil catch tank
Post by: 20B_boy on April 19, 2004, 11:05:20 AM
That\'s about the size of it.
Title: oil catch tank
Post by: GaryS on April 19, 2004, 09:32:25 PM
Oh and if you like shiny bits in the engine bay, well  it\'s a shiny bit. :rolleyes: