does anyone know what kind of tubing that is and where you can get it?

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Check out this Oil catch can someone made on acura-tsx.com (it's an air compressor filter)

http://www.acura-tsx.com/forum...=9571

 

home depot

 

oh snap... thats a freakin good idea.. and yes u can find them hoses at any hardware store

 

is the hose safe to use on the coolent resivour tank and the pcv valve system? (i've seen ppl use it for those, but didn't know if it was safe or not)

 

yes its safe..

 

HD hose doesn't work that great under vacume when it gets hot. it gets really soft and collapses

at least put clamps on the end

 

steer clear the garden hose , it collapses under heat at the bends.

 

I heard they'res two different kinds... ones better than the other?

 

I used the hi-pressure reinforced stuff and it still collapsed.

I run fuel line for my catch can and it works perfect.

 

got mine at home depot. Still has not collapsed it is pretty sturdy stuff. It is in the plumbing section. But they sell it in rolls of like 10 feet. So if you are like me thinking you could just go in a buy a foot or two for a few bucks you may have a surprise.

 

craftsman sells these too...catch can for air compressors so water so it doesnt get blown through the air tools



http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr...08000

 

will that air line filter work as a catchcan?

 

That tubing looks like **** after oil goes through it too.

 

is that tubing heat resistant enough to work as a radiator hose??

 

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yea. there seems to be oil on both ends, in and out.
it's supposed to "catch" the oil to prevent it from being sucked back into the engine.
not doing its job at 100%.

btw, i have one in my car as well, without the filter and stuff tho. Catches oil, dont know how effective it is tho.

 

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NO!

 

Why use a clear hose if you have a nice "glass" reservoir?

I had the same idea last week when I was up at my dad's shop using the air compressor but his is much larger and was a combination filter, regulator, and lubricator...filter good idea, lubricator not so good of an idea. I think this will be my weekend project today.

...I've been wondering about using a small vacuum pump to create a little bit of suction. Not to suck the oil out of the crank case but really just the pressure built up hoping that it may "free" up the engine a little bit resulting in quicker revs. I researched it a little bit several months ago and found that Buick had a small pump for their brake boosters back in the mid-late 80's because the car did not create enough pressure for the brakes during idle...I believe it was a two stage motor one at 13volts and another at 16v creating a little more suction...I wonder how that would work if I made the 2nd stage kick in with VTEC? I know, I think too much.

A few years ago some of the pro-stock 1000hp drag cars were doing this and creating around 40hp just my releasing the pressure...until NHRA found out what they were doing and made it illegal.

 

You can turn your A/C dryer into an oil catch can as well. Probably cost less than the ones posted above.

 

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That's what I did. Cut the top off, put a different top on, then put fittings in the side of it.

And yes, like others have said, that Home Depot hose is NOT what you want to use. I have had it collapse on me several times.

 

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...I've been wondering about using a small vacuum pump to create a little bit of suction. Not to suck the oil out of the crank case but really just the pressure built up hoping that it may "free" up the engine a little bit resulting in quicker revs. I researched it a little bit several months ago and found that Buick had a small pump for their brake boosters back in the mid-late 80's because the car did not create enough pressure for the brakes during idle...I believe it was a two stage motor one at 13volts and another at 16v creating a little more suction...I wonder how that would work if I made the 2nd stage kick in with VTEC? I know, I think too much.

A few years ago some of the pro-stock 1000hp drag cars were doing this and creating around 40hp just my releasing the pressure...until NHRA found out what they were doing and made it illegal.


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Does anyone esle know about something like this? I think it is a idea that might acutally work.

 

I've got an A/C drier sitting in my garage just waiting for me to finish this project up. I wasn't even going to cut mine. I figured I'd just tap some threads into the in/out lines at the top, and put some sort of drain plug on the bottom and be done with it. I need to remember to throw it in my car so it's with me when I go to the home depot. gotta figure out what fittings to use with it.

for hose, why not go to the auto parts store and buy some vacume hose? It can't be more expensive than the HomeDepot version and no worries about it collapsing under vac.

 

DO NOT use the A/C dryer without cutting it open. Inside of it there is a bean-bag sort of thing that I assume is what makes it a "dryer". If that tears open you will have a major problem, like engine failure.
I dont have any pics of it, but if you open it you'll see how to make it. All you really need to do is goto the supermarket and buy some stainless mesh ( i used a dish scrubber), goto the hardware store and buy a valve for the bottom drain and the fitting and rubber brake line and your all set.

 

I've had that tubing going to my coolant resevoir for about 2 years now w/ no probs....
Same goes for the breather hose on the valve cover, no collapsing whatsoever.

I tried using if for the brake booster lines tho, and it collapsed the 1st time i used it. That type of hose is reinforced to handle pressure (it's used for high pressure water lines on sinks and refrigerators); it's not meant for vacuum lines/suction.
You want the clear hose with the metal-spiral wire running all the way down the hose for the clear vacuum lines...



Modified by 95db8GSR at 3:50 PM 12/6/2004

 

i was wondering if i can use the one that is 2 times bigger with the 3/8 inch female npt ports for the catch can? would i have to 3/8 tubing or would it be too big? Or is it better to get a fitting that is 3/8 then goes to 1/4?