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BSH Catch Tank Problems....
MAT ED30:
who fitted it?
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: MAT ED30 on September 23, 2009, 02:33:14 pm ---
who fitted it?
--- End quote ---
....Hi Mat, if you're asking me - VWR fitted it with me in attendance as usual.
QD MBE:
Robin,
Have you run your hoses to the correct fittings?
The reason I ask, is in this ^^^^^ pic the Right hand hose is routed in front of the left, and out to the right of the pic towards the catch tank.
So you would expect the Right hand hose to be the lower of the 2 hoses in this pic below (ie the lower hose in the pic)
The lower hose in the 2nd pic which you expect to be attached to the right hand union in the first pic, unless they
cross over each other again out of sight.
In the BSN instructions http://www.bshspeedshop.com/instructions/fsi_catch_can.pdf it states the following......
Step 6: Now run your lines. The fitting on the right side of the plate will be connected to
the top of the catch can. The fitting on the left will go to the lower fitting on the can.
Leave just a little bit of slack to allow for engine movement. Once cut to length, secure
the lines with the supplied hose clamps.
With the following pic copied from the above fitting instructions (hope you don't mind MR BSH) it shows the right hand union hose runs behind the left to the upper catch can union.
Just noticed it, and I hope all is correct.
:happy2:
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: stokeballoon on September 23, 2009, 06:16:14 pm ---Robin,
Have you run your hoses to the correct fittings?
The reason I ask, is in this ^^^^^ pic the Right hand hose is routed in front of the left, and out to the right of the pic towards the catch tank.
So you would expect the Right hand hose to be the lower of the 2 hoses in this pic below (ie the lower hose in the pic)
The lower hose in the 2nd pic which you expect to be attached to the right hand union in the first pic, unless they
cross over each other again out of sight.
In the BSN instructions http://www.bshspeedshop.com/instructions/fsi_catch_can.pdf it states the following......
Step 6: Now run your lines. The fitting on the right side of the plate will be connected to
the top of the catch can. The fitting on the left will go to the lower fitting on the can.
Leave just a little bit of slack to allow for engine movement. Once cut to length, secure
the lines with the supplied hose clamps.
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....Very good of you to ask the question, Dave :drinking:.
And they do appear to be INCORRECTLY fitted if you check out the lettering to identify the hoses: The left-hand union hose appears to be connected to the top of the catch can : -
I best double-check and possibly swop them over ASAP - Do I need a special tool for those spring clips?
I've driven 170 miles like this - How important are those hose feed positions?
bacillus:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on September 23, 2009, 07:40:54 pm ---I've driven 170 miles like this - How important are those hose feed positions?
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You won't do any damage to your engine with the hoses the way they are.
fwiw with the first can version with the steel wool inside, the advice from BSH regarding the "freezing contents" problem that occured in the depths of the North American winter was to route the hoses like you have instead of the other way.
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