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Old Mar 12, 2016 | 05:15 PM
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Crankcase Ventilation rev 4

So I designed a parts and had it 3D printed. It caps the oil fill timing case adapter and gives me a place to run a tube from (either vent down or vacuum pump).




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Old Mar 12, 2016 | 05:32 PM
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Looks good.
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 10:04 AM
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thats awesome! if you route to vacuum pump, where does the oil end up?? Sorry if its obvious im just not familiar with the system...
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by sdseva
thats awesome! if you route to vacuum pump, where does the oil end up?? Sorry if its obvious im just not familiar with the system...
I have a catch can with a breather on top.
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 01:09 PM
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thats awesome! if you route to vacuum pump, where does the oil end up?? Sorry if its obvious im just not familiar with the system...
The vacuum pump exhausts into the crankcase. What's the point?
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by j_martin
The vacuum pump exhausts into the crankcase. What's the point?
The above is the output, goes to the vacuum pump, then to a catch can, not back into the crank case.
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