Hi fellas last time i was out at the race track i had problems
with my catch can filling up with oil, im running an autocraft
dual stage pump, i had the the crankcase breather going to the catch can which is obviously wrong & had no breathers on the
rocker covers, after researching how much pressure can build
up ive decided to run the engine breather & both rocker cover breathers to the dry sump tank & then breath that to the catch can, does anyone have any experiences they could share.
Thanks.
Did you have a breather on the oil tank, or was the only breathing through the case ???
I'm in the process of dry sumping my engine, so interested to hear how you go with the new setup...
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yes i had the oil tank plumbed to the breather box but it
was only -6, now it will be -10.
On my Beetle Sports Sedan (1968cc, with Autocraft dry-sump pump) I ran all the breather hoses to the oil tank. The breather hose FROM the tank was 1" bore, and went into the BOTTOM of the 'catch' tank, which was mounted above the oil tank. A breather/filter at the top of the catch tank took care of engine breathing, and any oil that found its way up to the breather, drained back to the oil tank.
Never had ANY problems with that system, although a word of warning - the engine will run hotter dry-sumped than with oil sloshing about, cooling the internals down!
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Thanks mate.
My type IV is a dry set up although for off road. It has 3 3/4 breathers, case and two rocker covers, they all go to a breaher box that then is plumbed to the dry sump tank that has a separate baffled breather with a filter to atmosphere.
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how come we havent seen any pics or vids of your blue beast dutchy...
i only stumbled across the pommy mag with your beetle in it 6 months ago...i thought it must of been a miss print when they said australia ..vids please....
next time im out ill see if i can bolt the camcorder in the car, the
car has been in limbo for a while, ive only taken it out a couple of times each time with issues, im planning to go to the nationals in sydney this year.
matberry wrote:My type IV is a dry set up although for off road. It has 3 3/4 breathers, case and two rocker covers, they all go to a breaher box that then is plumbed to the dry sump tank that has a separate baffled breather with a filter to atmosphere.
did you ever get oil pd fluctuating at times because of this setup.
I would love to see pictures of your beetle. Another beetle out there racing would be great. What nationals are in Sydney this year?
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bat69 wrote:I would love to see pictures of your beetle. Another beetle out there racing would be great. What nationals are in Sydney this year?
Some pics here Nathan.....
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=49491&page=1#pid461198
and yes it would be great to see Dutchy running at the Nationals supersprint at Wakefield Park come this May
and Nathan, did you spot the Bug-in event is to run at Stanthorpe QLD at Easter this year
Thanks Damo. Man that car is some sik shit. VW Nationals. Now I get it. No I didnt see the bug in is QLD. I should have the bug back to gether by then. Be interesting one to do.
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Yeah, can't wait to check out your new racer Nathan
Bug-in....
http://www.vwdcqinc.org.au/bug_in_2010.html
Maybe worth a PM to Ian Swinkles for his ideas on dry sumps as he is setting one up and is sure to have researched the topic well
dutchy wrote:did you ever get oil pd fluctuating at times because of this setup.
Do you mean oil pressure fluctuating?
If so, no n not yet at least, but although the set up has racing miles, it's relatively new to me and no problems evident.
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ok....theres alittle more to this.....Wat volume or amount of oil your using?.....are u runnin a oil cooler?...check out mr winkles car,he has a nice big tank which was the same i had
oh hi dutchy good to see ur around still😂
Thanks Hellbugged.
JVL whats new with you, i heard you parted out with
a lot of your vw stuff, do have a new build on the horizon.
dutchy wrote:Thanks Hellbugged.
JVL whats new with you, i heard you parted out with
a lot of your vw stuff, do have a new build on the horizon.
😎...long m8, new build m8 back to vw power watercooled thou.....
I heard u had some teethin probs!....welcome to the world of making a square wheel go round....pm u
trying for supersprints still Dutchy?
SING!!!!!!! Try to pass the dutchy on the left hand side.
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