Engine Bay Pictures of the Plumbing

A few pictures of the engine bay plumbing for a 2014 Build 2.0 Duratec 175.  Not easy to photograph all the connections due to other components covering things up.  A good source of info is Tom Woods blog and his pipe diagram.  Tom Wood Blog

Can't beleive how nice the weather is.

Many many more drives, so many roads to explore and pictures to take.

Near Sheffield

Forty Acre Lane

Bowland Forest

Bowland Forest

Wayho Reservoir Edgworth

Wayho Reservoir Edgworth

2.0L Duratec Oil Breather Plate

In April 2017 I noticed some oil on the garage floor and it turned out to be the orange valve in the top of the breather plate which is bolted to the side of teh duratec engine just beneath the air intake.

https://caterhamsevenbuild.blogspot.com/2015/05/an-oil-leak.html

Last week I saw another drop of oil and a quick check showed the leak appeared to be coming from the same place.  However closer inspection showed the problem was that the right angle pipe had come away from the orange valve on the breather plate.  As I re-attached the pipe to the orange valve I realised the pipe is 15mm too short and is essentially being pulled away from the orange valve.  Given that the pipe carries oil vapour and a bit of oil to the air intake then it gets well lubricated and before you know (well in about a year) the pipe has come away from the orange valve.

I cut a new pipe today and the extra length means the pipe is essentially pushing itself onto the orange valve.  Time will tell if this works.

This is the old pipe.  The new one is just 15mm longer.

The old pipe had come away from the orange valve.

Hebdan Bridge, Atom Panopticon, Skipton and Barnoldswick

Another fine morning provided another fine 6am drive around the lanes of Lancashire.

Pondon Reservoir

Widdop Reservoir

This weather is just perfect.  Up at 6am, 2 hours of driving and home before the family get up.

Blatting to a Boulder

A few weeks ago I had a great drive through Bowland Forest area again but I headed towards Bentham to see the Boulder.  #Tick 

MSV Trackday was First Class

With the arrogance and bollocks that is the L7C decision to insist on half an FIA roll bar without actually caring about it's quality, age, installation or whether your head sits above it !!!  I have been left trying to find a trackday supplier as L7C trackdays are not an option.  With that in mind I started looking around and the most surprising thing was how much cheaper non L7C trackdays are, also there is a fantastic choice of tracks and days.

I decided on a midweek trip to Oulton Park in early March and it was first class.  The organisation was spot on, not too many on track (16 tops at any one time), there were 7 No. 20m sessions for each group of cars and it was plenty of time in the car.  £129 well spent.  I will be doing some more with MSVT.