diy oil catch tank

NNIZAN-R03 Dec 2008, 20:54

so i wanted one but didnt want to spend monney on it so i found some info and set of building it it took 3 days only my lunch times so basicly 3 hours to complete.

needed parts.

m8 nut for drain
3 pieces of thin pipe
threaded coupling cut in half for oil level
2 6mm 90deg air fittings
6mm clear air tube
a pipe or tube for the tank
2 end plates for top and bottom
baffel plate to fit in the tank
steel wool


i had all materials lying around ssteel for a better looking tank
tubing cut to desired length

drill16mm holes so that the threaded coupling goes into the tube dont want it sticking out too far

drill holes for where your pipes will go at the top sized to your pipe

top plate drill a hole and weld a pice of pipe for where the breather filter will go

will be welded to the top

got this and cut it in half for where my pipes will conect

weld it in plece

bottom plate with a nut welded on for draining the tank

get some steel wool to put in the tank

cut a baffel plate to fit in the tank

weld baffel plate in place in the tank

weld in the threaded couplings for the air fittings

i tac welded all the parts in place with the arc welder its hard to weld nice with it so i got a tig welder to weld it all in place and there you go a DIY oil catch can for cheap lol
the finished product

so when i got home i took out my polishing buff and shined the littel succer up now it looks bling bling

now where do i fit it ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????
in here

RRiekertadmin03 Dec 2008, 21:37

resektpa dude!!

thats some awesome stuff 😮 😀

SSokar03 Dec 2008, 22:00

Very nice worksmanship there! But steel wool and a drain back to the sump? No thanks, after a few heat cycles you'll be picking steelwool out of your bearings!

NNIZAN-R03 Dec 2008, 22:21

hahaha i also thought about that.
this one only drains to the ground its over filld oil why send it back to the sump.
that picks i got off googl.
thanx riekert

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