Oil Breather Fitting? (Pic Request)

11th March 2009, 23:20

Decided to fit an oil breather today after just cleaning my filter and realising it was all oil inside and around were the breather fits to the filter.

Managed to get it on okay but cant get it to sit right, the natural curve in the plastic pipe wants it to point towards the back of the car but then its banging on the strut brace.

Also i see people fitted them with a different pipe but then were does the little pipe from the inlet manifold go??

Hows has other people fitted there's??
Pictures would be helpful

Thanks
Andy

11th March 2009, 23:42

mines bolted straight on to the metal tube coming from the rocker cover

11th March 2009, 23:44

See i though of that mate but then when i tried it, it reved high at 2k + i had no where to put the thin pipe off the inlet?!?

Andy

12th March 2009, 06:57

I' ve heard that without the pipe from/to the inlet the car overfuels.
I just cut the plastic with a hacksaw near the metal and pointing directly right and put the filter there. Don't have a strut brace, but it should clear like that

12th March 2009, 10:50

ok the pipe runs to the inlet, then branches off to the rocker, then branches off again to the air box. take eveything off, plug the hose directly to the inlet.
ive dont this on mine and did the exact same way with a mates yesterday and neither have any problems with idling

12th March 2009, 10:53

You got a pic mate?

you've lost me lol,
the pipe goes from the inlet to the rocker cover then off to the air box, correct?!?

how are you suggesting i do it again?

Cheers
Andy

12th March 2009, 10:55

do you have a mk1 vtr? im looking at a pic now and it looks different, ive only done it on mk2 engines

12th March 2009, 11:00

I went for the hacksaw method myself, cut the clip off which would attach to the air box then attach ur crank case breather hose. Works a treat.

12th March 2009, 11:06

if that helps, i took the extra pipework out, but i dont think mk1 has a pipe intot the inlet does it?

12th March 2009, 11:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mattymcn

I went for the hacksaw method myself, cut the clip off which would attach to the air box then attach ur crank case breather hose. Works a treat.

Yeah that's what i did mate but its waving about all over the place might try and cut it down a little more today.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeeM

if that helps, i took the extra pipework out, but i dont think mk1 has a pipe intot the inlet does it?

nah doesn't look like the Mk1's have the little pipe coming from the inlet mate.

Cheers for everyone's help, going to go out know and look see if it would be better if i cud the pipe further down

Andy

21st March 2009, 16:46

I just put a bit of tubing on and then the filter onto the tubing. I hate breather filters though, all you can smeel is oil. Im trying to find a nice peice of silicon tubing for my breather hose