Re: [Quantum Owners] Black Top Zetec Breathing

Thanks for the answers/comments. The engine used to have the standard inlet manifold, but is not running with throttle bodies, so I can no longer vent into the inlet. The rocker cover breather was just venting downwards - it doesn't look like that pipe have been blowing out oil. The crankcase

Re: [Quantum Owners] 1.8 Zetec 130ps ECU wanted.

Armed with the replacement ecu i started the Zetec in the saloon today for the first time in 8 years. It fired straight up followed by a vast cloud of rubber smoke from the engine bay as the alternator had seized and the belt was slipping over the pulley. Turning the alternator fan by jamming a

Re: [Quantum Owners] Black Top Zetec Breathing

Did you mean sump breather (i don't think there is one of those) into the crankcase breather. There is just the one crankcase breather (this is just above the sump) on the Zetec-R and Zetec-E The Zetec breather system has a connection from the crankcase (on the front of the block) via a one

Re: [Quantum Owners] Black Top Zetec Breathing

I might be thick, but I don't remember A sump breather, only crankcase. (Pressed steel thing on the exhaust side). Got a pic? So long as you have one end of the system plumbed in to the air intake it should be fine. I'd put some kind of oil catch in the path too personally though. M >

Re: [Quantum Owners] Black Top Zetec Breathing

Personally I wouldn't directly vent to atmosphere as may get oil residue around the vent, even those aftermarket tanks - I've often noticed oil residue (maybe only on turbos though). On 'my' turbo Zetec I ran the breathers through a small air compressor line catch tank thingy and it caught

Re: [Quantum Owners] Black Top Zetec Breathing

Thanks Ian. I was having computer issues in the garage so wasn't able to properly research. Now I've sat down with a beer seen that as you've said the original thought would build pressure, so need to add a vent to atmosphere into the system. Need a couple more bits then hopefully this

Re: [Quantum Owners] Black Top Zetec Breathing

As long as you are venting to atmosphere somewhere so you don't build pressure, I'd have thought you'd be ok. Through the cam breather? On Saturday, 5 March 2016, Steve Kodź wrote: > Anyone see issues if I was to connect the sump breather into the crankcase > breather? >