Denverspeed

I welded up an oil separator for the the project station wagon today. It took me about 2 hours from beginning to end. I really like the way aluminum goes together. It just cuts and shapes so easily, and the welding isn’t easy, but the finished product is always rewarding.

An oil separator is placed in line between the crankcase vent on an engine and the intake manifold or tube where it would normally be plumbed.  The compression blow by that comes out of the crankcase vent always has a mist of oil suspended in it. The separators job is to keep the engine from sucking this oil into the intake stream. Oil in the intake stream coats the turbo inlet, the intercooler, the intake manifold, and even makes it into the  combustion chambers where it can leave carbon deposits and  enable detonation. So its a good idea to  keep it out of the intake.

I designed this container in 2 halves. I’ll use a 3″ silicone coupler and hose clamps to hold them together. This will let me open the container periodically for cleaning and packing steel wool inside to help condense the oil vapor.