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Offline DubAndDubber

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Fitting Catch Can
« on: 02 July 2012, 20:45 »
Thought id fit my catch can today, wish i never bloody started.

At first it was going pretty well, i followed the how to guide on UKMK4'S. Thought it was quite a good one until i realised it skips 3 or 4 steps and doesnt actually tell you how to do anything. So in summary its sh!te.

I managed to snap the pipe which comes out of the oil breather housing. Not good! I realised a bodge wouldnt be good enough so i just carried on with the install with the intention of ringing TPS. In the end i found the pipe on eBay.

I'll upload a few pics so you know what im talking about, but i cant seem to get a good fit. The hoses i've fitted seem to be either to long or to short. I get a couple of kinks when i place the can in the location where i think im going to mount it too.



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Offline Mr_Orange

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Re: Fitting Catch Can
« Reply #1 on: 02 July 2012, 20:56 »
Hello mate.  I'm sure you'll get it sorted, you look 99% there!   :wink:
Couple of questions:
Which catch can is that?
Did it require closing off vac feeds on the inlet mani?
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Re: Fitting Catch Can
« Reply #2 on: 02 July 2012, 20:59 »
that hose you're using will rot
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Re: Fitting Catch Can
« Reply #3 on: 02 July 2012, 21:03 »
Quote from: Mr_Orange on 02 July 2012, 20:56
Hello mate.  I'm sure you'll get it sorted, you look 99% there!   :wink:
Couple of questions:
Which catch can is that?
Did it require closing off vac feeds on the inlet mani?

Cheap toyosports one from ebay, yeah i've blocked that off.

Quote from: Wazzzer on 02 July 2012, 20:59
that hose you're using will rot

Thats exactly what i thought, was told it would be ok but it says heater hose on it! How long will it last?
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Re: Fitting Catch Can
« Reply #4 on: 02 July 2012, 21:06 »
It's not gonna rot straight away but over time it will get weak and either collapse or break up

It looks to be near enough finished though mate  :smiley:
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Re: Fitting Catch Can
« Reply #5 on: 02 July 2012, 21:09 »
Great! So it'll hold up for a couple of months? I'll be having a remap around Oct time so ill re-do it for then.

Was onle £3 a metre!

Yeah almost there, just trying to figure out where to put the catch can. Wherever i mount it the 2 small hoses kink. Shall i shorten the hose from the Hockey puck, and the one from the Crankcase?
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Offline Chris#101

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Re: Fitting Catch Can
« Reply #6 on: 02 July 2012, 21:29 »
Quote from: DubAndDubber on 02 July 2012, 21:09
Great! So it'll hold up for a couple of months? I'll be having a remap around Oct time so ill re-do it for then.

Was onle £3 a metre!

Yeah almost there, just trying to figure out where to put the catch can. Wherever i mount it the 2 small hoses kink. Shall i shorten the hose from the Hockey puck, and the one from the Crankcase?

If its the the fibre reinforced hose I can see your talking about!? I wouldnt worry too much, Ive been running it for months and months with no issues, Infact It was sold as, oil/heater hose  :smiley:
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Re: Fitting Catch Can
« Reply #7 on: 02 July 2012, 23:17 »
No offence looks very bodgey.
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Re: Fitting Catch Can
« Reply #8 on: 02 July 2012, 23:29 »
Quote from: shaft69 on 02 July 2012, 23:17
No offence looks very bodgey.
Well instead of writing stupid unneccesary comments why dont you tell me where ive gone wrong? Which if you didnt notice is why i wrote this thread anyway..
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Re: Fitting Catch Can
« Reply #9 on: 02 July 2012, 23:51 »
looks as though its pretty much there dude i also had the same pipe break well it was already broke  :grin: as for the kinks its just a matter of trimming off small amounts of the pipe at a time till the crease as pulled out thats what i did if it makes sense  :smiley:

ie the shorter the pipe the less chance of a kink  :smiley:
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