Engine Drivetrain 2nd Gen S Most liked posts in thread: Oil Catch Cans let me know what you think?

In my "former" life, I worked for a large plastics company. One of the materials we delt with was a modified PPO material made by GE called Noryl EN265. One of it's uses was for manifolds. It has a continuous service temperature of 250F.

 

:cornut: After a lot of research(BSH,42 Stealth OCC,WayMotorWorks,Billet Technology, sewing site, many others), it appears that BSH has solved the 4 hose problem with their 'Dual Boost Port/Tap'. Installing it with the BSH OCC makes both crank case and valve cover gases/oil/dinosaur snot go through the OCC, et viola, cleanest intake air possible. So I also ordered the Dual Boost Port/Tap. This is my(not a trained gear head) opinion after much reading

Jason

 

It attaches to the rigid PCV hose at the left rear part of the valve cover (just makin sure you know where you are pointing). Look closely and you will find a plastic ring. You will need to squeeze the ring in order to disengage the locking tabs (use you finger and thumb and not a pair of pliers or you could snap the plastic). It works much like those tops you squeeze to open a container of aspirin. You may need to work at it because it can be stubborn.....

 

NM Engineering has joined the fray and is now offering their version of the OCC.....
Mark..... I'll bet it'll look sweet on your new black stealth coupe.......
NM Eng. Billet Aluminum Catch Tank : NM Engineering

 

Without pictures it didn't happen....

 

Orrrrr......
Mark can rent out his services to take your MINI for a long spirited run on one of his upcoming business trips....

 

Yup...nothing that a couple of hours at 80 mph in 5th gear won't fix

 

I took a look at their web site. Looks like a nice piece. Thanks for doing the leg work on this.

Motor On!
Chris

 

Very nice but you will still have issues with nasty stuff filling up your intercooler and turbo.

 

Why do you say that? The whole point of installing one of these is to prevent that from happening. Please enlighten us

Steve

 

because of the connections on that can it isn't doing anything for the line going from the right side of the valve cover directly into the intake line (pre turbo) You either need 2 cans or you need to block off one of the lines. The BSH dual boost tap blocks of the one line top left and pushes everything through the line on the right thus needing only one catch can.
Ypu can't see it that much in this picture but, I have the BSH block off for the back left line and the fumes are forced into my BSH catch can on the right side.

 

Using the OP's picture I circled the 2 problem areas.

 

I'd like to see where the second can is going to mount. Also how is this can drained? I know the BSH one you can use a syringe to draw out the crud from an opening in the top.

 

I'd worry about the weight of 2 cans mounted to the same clip (where the alarm mounts). That's just a thin piece of plastic. With 2 can's attached that would be quite heavy, IMHO.

 

If it simply unscrews, what locking mechanism is there to prevent it from accidentally unscrewing due to road vibration?