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Offline kingbling83

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Oil catch tank
« on: 02 April 2011, 20:10 »
 Afternoon Boys and girls, I have an oil tank in place what does it do and do i really need it....., Fitted my forge 007p dv today and got rid of the crappy baileys atmospheric  dv.
1.8t AGU KO3S turbo custom remap Total tuning, Allard FMIC, samco Turbo inlet pipe, Forge 007p DV, Blue flame exhaust DE Cat, 3" downpipe, ATP oil catch tank, Kinetic manifold, forge boost hose kit, Drilled/Grooved discs, EBC green stuff pads, VF engineering mounts, 4 motion front valance, forge boost gage.

Offline symsymma

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Re: Oil catch tank
« Reply #1 on: 02 April 2011, 20:16 »
Good move about the dv :wink:
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Re: Oil catch tank
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Re: Oil catch tank
« Reply #3 on: 02 April 2011, 20:19 »
yeah its a AGU 99 plate
1.8t AGU KO3S turbo custom remap Total tuning, Allard FMIC, samco Turbo inlet pipe, Forge 007p DV, Blue flame exhaust DE Cat, 3" downpipe, ATP oil catch tank, Kinetic manifold, forge boost hose kit, Drilled/Grooved discs, EBC green stuff pads, VF engineering mounts, 4 motion front valance, forge boost gage.

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Re: Oil catch tank
« Reply #4 on: 02 April 2011, 20:22 »
need to fit mine and i have no idea what goes where!! dont suppose you could let us no

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Re: Oil catch tank
« Reply #5 on: 02 April 2011, 20:23 »
Ummm i got no idea dude as brought the car as it was, Ill take a photo of the engine bay for you tomz
 just to show you where it is and which pipes are going where.
1.8t AGU KO3S turbo custom remap Total tuning, Allard FMIC, samco Turbo inlet pipe, Forge 007p DV, Blue flame exhaust DE Cat, 3" downpipe, ATP oil catch tank, Kinetic manifold, forge boost hose kit, Drilled/Grooved discs, EBC green stuff pads, VF engineering mounts, 4 motion front valance, forge boost gage.

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Re: Oil catch tank
« Reply #6 on: 02 April 2011, 20:25 »
yea nice one cheers, think its simple to do but not to good on this type of things  :laugh:

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Re: Oil catch tank
« Reply #7 on: 02 April 2011, 20:29 »
yea nice one cheers, think its simple to do but not to good on this type of things  :laugh:
+1 me to lol :laugh: :grin:
1.8T AGU 203bhp & 233lb/ft Rtech stage 1 custom remap,18"dezentz rims,lowered 40mm shocks n springs,whiteline 24mm adj rear arb,lcr axle bushes,polybushed arb,modified front bumper & valences,depo projector headlights,delocked,wrapped interior&bora gear knob,forge boost & coolant hoses,forge tip,forge 007p,samco vac hoses,simota aeroform cai,saiko michi catch can,deleted pcv system,r32 dogbone,miltek lg bore down pipe & sports cat/non res anni style system.

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Re: Oil catch tank
« Reply #8 on: 02 April 2011, 20:42 »
Ummm i got no idea dude as brought the car as it was, Ill take a photo of the engine bay for you tomz
 just to show you where it is and which pipes are going where.
pics would be sweet plz mate :wink:
1.8T AGU 203bhp & 233lb/ft Rtech stage 1 custom remap,18"dezentz rims,lowered 40mm shocks n springs,whiteline 24mm adj rear arb,lcr axle bushes,polybushed arb,modified front bumper & valences,depo projector headlights,delocked,wrapped interior&bora gear knob,forge boost & coolant hoses,forge tip,forge 007p,samco vac hoses,simota aeroform cai,saiko michi catch can,deleted pcv system,r32 dogbone,miltek lg bore down pipe & sports cat/non res anni style system.

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Re: Oil catch tank
« Reply #9 on: 02 April 2011, 21:54 »
catch can catches all the oil and petrol vapours that would otherwise return to the system down the air pipes and cause them to get full of gunk

guide here at bottom after all the sai, n249, and fuel evap removal, labeled under pcv edit

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3111538-DIY-Cleaning-up-Engine-bay...Removing-SAI-N249-PCV-EVAP
« Last Edit: 02 April 2011, 22:02 by Dan_GTi8v »
20vt conversion, sig pic coming soon!

Build thread http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=167291.0