how do i fit

[Vausey]

a oil catch tank and where is best place to put it on a c20xe

[Will F]

Just get a 10mm hose and attach one end to the larger of the 2 breathers on the rocker cover (left hand side of the inlet) and teh other end to the catch tank - easy!

Put it wherever there is space!

[Vausey]

is lower better? and i thought the larger hose was on the right side? do i not need to block the littler breather pipe? and so will it go from...

large breather pipe on rocker cover-oilcatch tank-large breather on inlet?

[mk1nova_rich]

no it wants to be at the same level if not slightly higher than the breather outlet on the engine

[Vausey]

witch one is outlet the intake or the rocker? dont have a clue where it will fit then lol. also is there any gain to using one?

[mk1nova_rich]

Most standard cars usually vent any oil vapour into the inlet and it is mixed and burnt along with the fuel/air. Not really a problem on a day to day runabout but for engines that spend a lot of time at high revs (track use etc) then quite a lot of oil is blown off through the breathers. If it is burnt off then you start losing oil (aside from it affecting performance) so the idea of a catch tank is to do what it says really - catch it lol. The best catch tanks have a pipe going back down to the sump so no need to empty them periodically, which is the case with the majority of catch tanks

[Alex J]

on all of my xe track cars, forget the tank, run a pipe straight into hole in the scuttle panel next to the battery, not only dose it breath the oil into the sill so instand wax oil, but also dont have to take up more room with a tank

[Vausey]

Thanks for the info rich