John_Salmon Posted February 27, 2002 Share Posted February 27, 2002 My vx 16 valve wet sump had an oil leak from the gerbox/bellhousing area. After replacing the sump gaskets with no result i removed the engine and fitted a new rear crank seal.OIL STILL LEAKING..... The Caterham oil catch tank was removed and the breathing system put back to the cam cover. NO OIL LEAK... I now run the engine with the SBD cam cover mod but with the cam cover still breathing into the inlet manifold and the block breathing directly into the vented catch tank via a 3/8 I.D. tube taken up as high as possible. The oil leak has been solved with no excessive oil beeing blown into the catch tank. The breathing pipe (cam cover to catch tank)supplied by Caterham was only 3/16 I.D. and did not allow the engine to breath enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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