1st Gen R53 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Oil catch can subject...again.

Actually......no. The SC is designed so that there is no need for any internal lubrication and in fact the addition of any kind of oil will simply collect on the interior and cause build up problems.

 

I saw it wasn't critically important that's why I spent $5 instead of $100 on it.

 

^Fair enough, Scott^

But I must respectfully submit this question: if it actually does keep it a little cleaner, what's the benfit?

 

Me not having to pull the IC to clean out the gunk I know is in there. Does this really have to be done, probably not. But I don't like to think of it in there and it might even affect the IC performance........:smilewinkgrin:

 

It's a good idea to pull the i/c and clean it anyway, pulled my daughter's and (while my WIFE was cleaning it - great gal I married long ago!) we found it was acting as an air filter to filter out the particles of supercharger coating that were flaking off... thankfully, was replacing the supercharger at the time! Now if anyone needs the old s/c for a core, the gearboxes feel fine (didn't take them apart but they spin smooth with no play) and the waterpump drive has very little - to - no play. Don't know what cores go for...

But that seems like the "right" amount of oil, less than what I see but I clean mine about every 20k, just spray carb cleaner through until most of the oily residue isn't there anymore.

 

I fitted one ( two) because I read the oil in the fuel can...I say can, lower the fuel octane rating. Seeing as Costa Rica crappy fuel from China the 13:1 CR of the Swift engine used to pink like crazy as it was an old tech engine without a anti-knock sensor. I added a catch tank which removed the pinking. So based on that I added two catch tanks to the Mini.

I believe the power increase was enough to break the Midlands box LOL

 

Funny.......looks very similar to my install

 

I don't think that's funny at all. It's the way it's supposed to be done.