Can any1 tell me whats this and what it does

[CapperTom]

in the sump breather hole and where you get them from, im having trouble with my engine breathers and wondered what this was.

 

Thanks

[john_3.0s]

you mean the little filter box thing? its just got a gauze filter in it to stop the oil spitting, but allows the gasses to pass still. what problem are you having? check that the filter isnt clogged with aincent oil deposits! most people didtch them and just connect a breater pipe direct to a catch tank on a tuned engine. there is a little adapter piece you can buy that slots in the hole in the block and gives you a pipe take-off.

[CapperTom]

Yeah thats exactly what ive done john, juss thought id done something wrong and needed that lil box thing. I keep having too empty my tank out of water/gunk stuff.

Tom

[MightySprocket]

empty what tank? oil catch tank? shouldn't have water in it, does the gunk look like thick milky shit? Could be the head gaskets gone

[TwoLitrePinto]

ive had a few motors, Old Skool and non old skool, where the breathers are clogged with milky shit, and its nothing to do with the head gasket, can be just normal, the oil goes creamy when mixed with water (condensation in the breathers)

 

as long as the oil in the sump is not cream its fine, just clean the shit out now and again and check the oil levels, if your losing a lot of oil, take a breather pipe off somewhere away from the sump where it wont spit out,

 

if you can see smoke or feel any pressure coming from the breather pipe, it could mean your rings are worn and pressuring the oil in the sump, forcing it into the breathers

[bortaf]

If the engine does a lot of short journeys the breather will be creamy cos the engine don't get hot for long enought to turn the water to steam and boil it off

CVHs in Mk3 escorts are extreamly prone to milky brathers

[CapperTom]

yeah it is just milky shite, and it does do a lot of short journeys, works only a mile a away and i do it 5 times a week

Ive changed the head gasket and skimmed it b4 coz i thought it was that but its not. you can feel air coming from the pipe from sump but its not losing oil and did a comp test on the engine and its the same as when it left the roling road, 155 psi.

Tom

[TwoLitrePinto]

nothing to worry about mate just take it for a long run now and again should do it a bit of good, just keep your eye on it and clean the breathers out now and again.