Dauntless
The Brapmaster™
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2004
- Location
- NSW, Australia
Hi Everyone,
My 90 745T has a fairly worn out B230FT, and a replacement engine is planned. However, it's my daily driver and I need to keep it running for now.
The engine runs well and makes good power, but does have some piston slap.
I recently changed the breather setup and added a catch can. Since then, oil consumption seems to have increased, and the catch can fills up very frequently.
The outlets of the breather box and valve cover meet and run to the catch can, which then vents.
After 200km of highway driving yesterday, it pushed at least 300mL of oil into the catch can, possibly much more. It consumed around 2.5L of oil to drive 400km.
Is it likely that my setup is allowing too much oil to be vented? Or is the engine just so worn out that the stock breather couldn't keep up? The stock arrangement did fill the intercooler with oil.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Here are some pics of the setup:
My 90 745T has a fairly worn out B230FT, and a replacement engine is planned. However, it's my daily driver and I need to keep it running for now.
The engine runs well and makes good power, but does have some piston slap.
I recently changed the breather setup and added a catch can. Since then, oil consumption seems to have increased, and the catch can fills up very frequently.
The outlets of the breather box and valve cover meet and run to the catch can, which then vents.
After 200km of highway driving yesterday, it pushed at least 300mL of oil into the catch can, possibly much more. It consumed around 2.5L of oil to drive 400km.
Is it likely that my setup is allowing too much oil to be vented? Or is the engine just so worn out that the stock breather couldn't keep up? The stock arrangement did fill the intercooler with oil.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Here are some pics of the setup: