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Post by fenz on Jul 18, 2008 19:20:36 GMT -5
This thread is a bit of the beaten track but here goes. I have built a offroad single seat buggy and have powered it with an xt engine (of course). Now the issue being the oil tank that i fabricated is under constant pressure from the return oil line bringing back oil/air. I tried running a breather of the tank but due to vibration and rough ride the oil found its way up the breather. I then cut the top off the tank and put a baffle blate under the breather fitting (exits at the top) as well as adding a bit more height into the tank. However the oil still managed to find its way into the breater and spew out every where. Dont know whether to block the breather of all together and let the tank run under pressure??(the tanks on the bikes dont have one) Or run the breather of the top of the rocker box to the tank,which then poses the problem of having oil push up the breather and into the rocker box On the bike the rocker box breather does go into the tank via a tube but does not look like it could get oil fed back into it as it sits up fairly high away from the oil level. If i plug the breather in the tank i am not sure what will happen to the oil flow as the tank will be pressurized. Any ideas? ?
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Post by jeffz on Jul 18, 2008 20:52:02 GMT -5
Can't help with your problem, but would love to see pictures of the buggy!
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Post by aero on Jul 19, 2008 5:16:39 GMT -5
On the standard bike there is no vent to atmosphere to speak of.
What there is though at the highest point in the oil system is a baffled breather that is connected to the spigot on the top of the rocker box on the engine. The engine has a vent to atmosphere above the gearbox.
Hope that helps
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Post by wotavidone on Jul 19, 2008 5:48:44 GMT -5
I would run the breather from the top of the rocker box top the top of the oil tank above the oil level. This should result in the oil tank being vented to atmosphere via the crankcase breather filter. What I'm getting at is, if you set your system up like the bike is set up, it should behave like the bike. With that in mind, I'd deliver the return oil to the top of the tank and take the oil back to the engine from the bottom of the tank. This way, if the return line is bringing back an oil/air mixture, it is not bubbling up through the tankful of oil and frothing it up, as it would if it was returned to the bottom of the tank. Just my thoughts. Mick
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