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  1. Justa Jim

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    #9 Justa Jim, May 25, 2012
    How about the filing cabinet in the background and forget about the whole idea. :Thumbsup:

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    #10 Metalman, May 25, 2012
    Sorry Chuck, see #6 requirement.....:D
     
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    #13 bravos1, May 25, 2012
    you could also make good use of your "secret" compartment.
     
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    #14 Metalman, May 25, 2012
    Just weld the CC to the base of an old coffee thermos and stick it in your cup holder. And secret compartment.

    Nope & Nope....:D
     
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    #15 Crashton, May 25, 2012
    Man that would look so cool too. Guess you can keep it in the secret compartment with your skittles & diet coke. :biggrin5:
     
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    #16 Metalman, May 25, 2012
    Secret compartment and Skittles = Cooper.......:D
     
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    #17 Crashton, May 25, 2012
    Yep pull over for the ambulance. :p
     
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    #18 Johngo, May 25, 2012
    Very small trailer?
     
  9. Jason Montague

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    #19 Jason Montague, May 25, 2012
    :cornut: Flimsy plastic tab on fire wall has been holding my BSH OCC for years and thousands of miles. Nothing was moved or deleted. She sits there snug as a bug in a rug. Short ingress/egress hoses also.(08 R56 MCS/JCWm):Thumbsup:

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    #23 Metalman, May 26, 2012
    Just as long as...... If and when the plastic tab breaks off, it doesn't inject a slug of "Dino Snot" into a 20,000 rpm compressor wheel.....
     
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    #24 DneprDave, May 26, 2012
    As I said, the hoses will prevent the can from moving, in the unlikely event that the plastic tab breaks. I check my oil catch can every couple of weeks and have never found enough goop in there that it could get into the turbo, unless the can were inverted, which couldn't happen if the plastic tab were to break, there just isn't enough room in that engine bay for the oil catch can to get inverted by accident.

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    #25 Metalman, May 26, 2012
    So, if I don't hang the OCC from the wimpy plastic tab..... Where the heck am I going to hang it?????
     
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    #27 Metalman, May 26, 2012
    My tank is quite a bit larger..... I'm guessing twice as large..... Lots of filter area, lots of surface area..... Gotta let the oil laden fumes slow down and coalesce on all those tiny screen packs that are stacked in there.....
    Im thinking a pry bar or some kinda bar to create room somewhere to get my OCC wedged in there..... That plastic tab sure looks inviting.... But here in Ohio, we do get some cold weather.... Brittle little wimpy plastic tabs..... Snapping, dangling catch cans.... Banging bumping catch cans...... Hmmmmmm.... Not a pretty thought.....
    Gotta get my tank in there somehow...... Someway.....:(
     
  14. Jason Montague

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    #28 Jason Montague, May 27, 2012
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    :cornut: Hang it in your............oh(!) never mind. I forgot that MA is a clean and friendly site.:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::Thumbsup:

    :cornut: BSH OCC has all of that in a smaller package and it seems that a lot of us advice givers all have the BSH OCC. Available from DOS right here on MA, easily fits in our MINIs, so I wonder why you bought that refrigerator to try and shoe horn into your engine bay? Not a personal attack.......I just wonder why?:Thumbsup:

    Jason
     
  15. Justa Jim

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    #29 Justa Jim, May 27, 2012
    Sorry I haven't been much help MM, my owning a justa and all, but now that there is an "S" in the family, I'll go out and look around under the bonnet for a location. :Thumbsup:

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    #31 Jason Montague, May 27, 2012
    :cornut: That's good enough for me. Your logic sounds good.:Thumbsup:

    Jason
     
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    #36 Metalman, May 27, 2012
    The OCC slows the carbon buildup down but doesn't totally eliminate it.... Don't think there is a PCV catch system that is 100% effective, unless it dumps the fumes outside the engine. Mother nature and the Federales don't like that.....

    The other is the "walnut method" and is not attached as it's a routine maintenance procedure that removes the carbon (the same procedure that MINI uses).
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    #38 Johngo, Jun 7, 2012
    My next suggestion was going to be on the outside of the bonnet. Makes it REAL easy to clean, then... :Thumbsup:

    Nice work, but I think you had that planned all along. :D
     
  19. Justa Jim

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    #39 Justa Jim, Jun 7, 2012
    Very nice job. You realize a bunch of people on this site are headed to the basement to copy your idea. :lol:

    On a serious note, I thought you wanted the extra surface area that OCC had.

    Jim
     
  20. Mr. Jim

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    #40 Mr. Jim, Jun 7, 2012
    Chuck, you are the man! So when will you have them available to the public ;-)
     
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