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Title: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: Murph on 18 February 2013, 20:20:16
A friend of mine has offered to make a couple of bits for me in stainless steel and I thought a nice shiny breather box would look good.

Of course I would need to know what in there first.
Is it just a spacer where all four breathers come together or is there more than one compartment?
Title: Re: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: feeutfo on 18 February 2013, 20:23:46
There's pics in the breather cleaning guide iirc.
Title: Re: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: Murph on 18 February 2013, 20:37:58
There is indeed - excellent!
It looks like there are seperate tubes or compartments so making a box won't work.
There is a removable cover though so I'll get him to make one of those.   :y
Title: Re: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: YZ250 on 18 February 2013, 21:16:05
There is indeed - excellent!
It looks like there are seperate tubes or compartments so making a box won't work.
There is a removable cover though so I'll get him to make one of those.   :y

Assume you mean the breather bridge cover, not the box. The breather box is out of sight at the rear of the engine.  :y
Title: Re: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: Murph on 18 February 2013, 21:21:15
Thats correct.
I simply went by what the call it on Ebay.

Just for clarity, I mean the black plastic part on top of the inlet plenum.
Title: Re: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: omega3000 on 19 February 2013, 09:36:59
This  :)

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/milleblack/DSCF1592-1_zpsb921f946.jpg)
Title: Re: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: Murph on 19 February 2013, 13:24:40
Yep thats it.

Looks like a cover will be best - it will look the same as making a box anyway.

Good pic though, thanks!
Title: Re: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: Andy89 on 19 February 2013, 14:49:56
What are the two middle pipes on the breather box for?
I'm thinking of blocking the two outer ones, and fit a catch tank and i'm curious what the middle ones are for.
Title: Re: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: Murph on 21 February 2013, 19:21:26
I'm glad I posted this thread now.

I had no idea about the breather box on the back of the engine, but now that I do I went and looked at the one on the Swindon engine.  Good job too - the small brass breather has been blocked with some kind of resin - I would have missed that completely!

I will use the breather box from the old engine, after a good clean of course.   :y
Title: Re: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: omega3000 on 21 February 2013, 19:49:17
I'm glad I posted this thread now.

I had no idea about the breather box on the back of the engine, but now that I do I went and looked at the one on the Swindon engine.  Good job too - the small brass breather has been blocked with some kind of resin - I would have missed that completely!

I will use the breather box from the old engine, after a good clean of course.   :y

Yep that does get overlooked , and gets blocked ... easy job to do though , a quick poke clears it  8)
Title: Re: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: YZ250 on 21 February 2013, 19:54:19
I'm glad I posted this thread now.

I had no idea about the breather box on the back of the engine, but now that I do I went and looked at the one on the Swindon engine.  Good job too - the small brass breather has been blocked with some kind of resin - I would have missed that completely!

I will use the breather box from the old engine, after a good clean of course.   :y

Yep that does get overlooked , and gets blocked ... easy job to do though , a quick poke clears it  8)

Also be aware that the small hole is not meant to be the full bore of the pipe.  :y
Title: Re: V6 Breather box - what's inside?
Post by: Murph on 21 February 2013, 20:48:03
Yeah I noted that, but cheers for the nudge anyway.   :y