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FYI - You do not need a catch can on an R53, they are useless. :ihih:

 

You have the hoses hooked up to the wrong vent. The hoses need to be connected to the high vacuum line under the IC for this to work correctly. This can cause some issues if not changed. Check out my gallery as I believe there is still a pic of the correct way to install these...

And yes, they can be beneficial for some R53's. It keeps any oil blow-by out of the intake track/IC.

 

You are the only one that still believes they are useful. :frown2:

 

Hey.........works on my car.

 

Who cares if it does anything. It's a Bardahl catch can -- the makers of All-U-Need Engine Tune Up in a bottle.

It's a bit of car nostalgia.

CD

 

Maybe it would play better in 50's / 60's muscle type car but none the less it's got a cool factor and after all personalizing your MINI to your taste or style is what it's all about.

 

This picture, right?

What is the high vacuum line? What does it look like? What is it plugged into? And if I am connecting to that, and not the tube that was connected to the PCV valve, what do I do with it? Plug it off?

I have read many debates over catch cans. I wasn't going to bother until I saw how much oil was in my intercooler. If I am able to see a reduction in that, and find some oil collected in the can, then I'll say it's working. If it's not working, I'll take it off. Not like I spent $300 on a billet aerospace alloy "weapons grade aluminum" catch can with braided steel lines rated at 4,000 psi and 2500° F, whichever comes first.

The proliferation of overengineerd catch cans is my main motive for wanting to use a rusty old can. I can see buying a premade CC, but the amount of time and exotic materials they put into these things is really out of hand. As far as I can tell, nobody makes a $20 catch can, which would be a fair price for what this thing is.

[ame="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Gunk-Can-/272334744311?cp=1&sojTags=bu%3Dbu&bu=43155970504&euid=0d3a01605edb4aab9b326b1b6d7ec4fd&nma=true&si=vSXJ5ji7IemJUWGirqz6c8XXZik%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557"]This lovely piece of English memorabilia[/ame] was going to be my Mini catch can. But after the seller shipped it, it got stopped by customs because it is "restricted from international shipment." Whatever that means. No rusty old cans of stinky oil and solvent I guess.

I'd already made up that Bardahl can for my Jeep CJ5 but I hadn't put it in yet, so I just used it for the Mini. Might work. Might not. We'll see.

 

I think this answers my question. I do need to cap off the plastic tube, and I need a T fitting to connect to the left hand breather, and it all goes back to the air box. Seems reasonable.

I have my final* engine mod, a JCW intake, in the box ready to go. I will probably do the oil catch can then.

* Maybe want a different intercooler but probably start doing brake and suspension stuff instead.

 

It's not an English car.... It's German...... BMW/MINI

 

Well, it's made in England, that makes it an English car.

Are you saying that Jeeps are Italian cars?

 

Do you consider Toyota's & Honda's American cars? They are made here?

 

Actually, your government considers them American cars. Building factories in the US bypasses all the import scrutiny (import taxes). In the same way American companies "partner" with Chinese companies in China.

Trade agreements being what they are, if you're going to sell cars in the US, you should build at least some of them in the US. If you want to sell cars in Japan, you need to build some of them in Japan, if you want to sell cars in ..... you get the trend.

I know for certain that in our MINIs, there are parts in it that are made in Canada and some parts made in US. Cars nowadays are truly international cars.

Motor on!

 

My MINI was built in Germany

 

It was???

 

The ones that are made in the U.S.?

Yes!

 

Our US Government is full of retards. Thank GOD our election is soon and a real man will be President of the worlds greatest country again.

 

Yes....that picture. You want the line from the can to connect to the grey line under the ic not to the line by the throttle body. The line from the valve cover is correct.

 

Yessir, when I run a decode Germany comes up as country of manufacture. First character of my vin is a W which from what I understand means Germany in vin speak.

 

It doesn't look like MINI has any factories in Germany.

I thought we had this discussion before on what makes a car "English", or "German", or "American". I thought we mostly agreed it was the spirit of the car. The first 2 generations of the "New" MINI are certainly English. The 3rd is up in the air. The "Classic" Mini was made in factories all over the world would you ever call it anything but and English car? Would one not made in the UK not be allowed at British Car Night?

 

Good point on the British Car Night.