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Cyclonic breather
This is my first attempt at making a cyclonic breather. Made from a 5/16 metal fuel filter. Removed the filter.
Whacked a ball brng into the bottom half to form it more funnel shaped. Silver brazed together.
I plan to route the vent hose up and over the engine mount.
It might work, but I may have the rotation backwards for the northern hemisphere!
Steven Winn
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Comment by Steven Winn on June 3, 2012 at 6:20am
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So far so good! I have run the engine several times, no evidence of oil coming from breather. Admittedly, I have not made any high power runs. Will continue to monitor.
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Dan, The breather hoses on my engine came from viking with a brass tee installed between the oil tank and a cover plate under the starter (as shown above). I removed the brass tee and installed my breather in it's place, the idea being the elimination of the catch tank. I will report it's effectiveness after testing.
I recall my old Cessna w/Cont 0200 having a cyclonic oil/air separator. This was my inspiration.
FYI, while researching, I found that modern Land rover diesels have cyclonic separators.
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Comment by Dan Stanton on May 20, 2012 at 7:10am
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Hi Steve,
Is that tee in the vent line something new?
On mine, the vent tube goes over the engine and down into a container on the firewall.
Why the tee? And where does the tube now go?
Dan
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