Oil breather filter?
Oil breather filter?
I got this one in blue:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...%26otn%3D1
Good choice, I've got the same one also in blue :p
In the OEM setup, there's a short hose from the cylinder head that feeds into the OEM air box. This lets oil vapour from the engine escape.
If you remove the air box, e.g. to install an induction kit or similar, then you need to find something to do with that hose/outlet. The simplest thing to do is to remove the hose and just install a tiny filter on the outlet so that the vapour can escape that way.
No, it doesn't improve anything, other than someone's bank balance for the little filters ! :biggrin:
Looks pretty cool tho, would this not very slightly improve emissions? as the oil vapour is being filtered out under the bonnet and not into the cars air flow if that makes sense:blink:
Andy-R. Looks pretty cool tho, would this not very slightly improve emissions? as the oil vapour is being filtered out under the bonnet and not into the cars air flow if that makes sense:blink:
Andy-R. Looks pretty cool tho, would this not very slightly improve emissions? as the oil vapour is being filtered out under the bonnet and not into the cars air flow if that makes sense:blink:
edeath In fact the breather hoses, for crank vapour recirculation, were introduced to engines to improve emmissions or at least comply with emmissions regs IIRC.
edeath In fact the breather hoses, for crank vapour recirculation, were introduced to engines to improve emmissions or at least comply with emmissions regs IIRC.
I think the emissions thing is just about the vapour being released into the atmosphere, which isn't tested by the MoT, so having a breather filter on there shouldn't affect the emissions test. With the OEM setup any vapour is being routed back through the engine and cats etc, so stops it being released to the atmosphere directly.
Oh i'll just leave it as is then, save myself a job:laugh:
steviewevie In the OEM setup, there's a short hose from the cylinder head that feeds into the OEM air box. This lets oil vapour from the engine escape.
If you remove the air box, e.g. to install an induction kit or similar, then you need to find something to do with that hose/outlet. The simplest thing to do is to remove the hose and just install a tiny filter on the outlet so that the vapour can escape that way.
No, it doesn't improve anything, other than someone's bank balance for the little filters ! :biggrin:
steviewevie In the OEM setup, there's a short hose from the cylinder head that feeds into the OEM air box. This lets oil vapour from the engine escape.
If you remove the air box, e.g. to install an induction kit or similar, then you need to find something to do with that hose/outlet. The simplest thing to do is to remove the hose and just install a tiny filter on the outlet so that the vapour can escape that way.
No, it doesn't improve anything, other than someone's bank balance for the little filters ! :biggrin: