Low oil / Oil leak

lol thats generaly the way. my old c16xe'd corsa the valve stem seals were shot and smoked sh1t loads. would get to the point just as the oil is not showing on the dipstick (yes it burnt alot) it would then start tapping quite bad and start becoming slugish lol. oil light used to come on when it was very low when going round certain corners. engine never complained, loved the limiter and never died :D.

It's normal for the 8v engines to spit oil out the crank case vent when you thrash them. Do you have a pipe direct from the block to your tank or is it going through a black seperator box? If it is a box have you got both pipes taken care of? CP made a device that allowed the pressure to vent and the oil to drain back into the block which was very effective. Consisted of a pipe from the block running up into a larger bore pipe of about 50-60mm internal diameter and about 200-300mm long with a normal pipe of the top to a breather. Keep the large bore pipe vertical and the pressure pushes through and the oild drains back down.

I used to have to clean my engine bay after every thrash!

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I used to have to clean my engine bay after every thrash!

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so every day then :thumb:

Me!?

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It's normal for the 8v engines to spit oil out the crank case vent when you thrash them.

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Aye, something to do with the crank design forcing a lot of oil up the breathers at high revs iirc.

GroupA cars have the breather outlet on the block just blanked off with a plate to stop the problem.

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Originally Posted by MC

It's normal for the 8v engines to spit oil out the crank case vent when you thrash them. Do you have a pipe direct from the block to your tank or is it going through a black seperator box? If it is a box have you got both pipes taken care of? CP made a device that allowed the pressure to vent and the oil to drain back into the block which was very effective. Consisted of a pipe from the block running up into a larger bore pipe of about 50-60mm internal diameter and about 200-300mm long with a normal pipe of the top to a breather. Keep the large bore pipe vertical and the pressure pushes through and the oild drains back down.

I used to have to clean my engine bay after every thrash!

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As far as i can see, i've got one Pipe coming from the Crankcase and up into the tank (which also T's into the Cam housing vent)

Have i been a total retard and missed another pickup on the block ?

So you have no seperator box on the back of your block?
Just a pipe straight from the block?

You can see the seperator box on the back of my old 1400 in this pic:
The breather pipes then come from that box.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...0009asdsad.jpg

the multipoint injection engines dont have that seperator, they have it built in to the cam cover, with just a metal pipe coming up from the crankcase that feeds into the camshaft housing, ahh that could be it?

GroupA spec had a blanking plate on the crankcase and a pipe from the rocker cover into a catch-tank.

I bet thats the problem then.
Nicks running the pipe straight from the block into the catch tank, instead of through the rocker cover seperator because i dont think his cam housing has the breather pipe connection on it (old 1200 carb cam housing?)