After cleaning my intake manifold, I didn't want it to get dirty again so quickly knowing how much a pain in the ass it will be. So, I made a DIY oil catch tank for it. Borrowing the ideas from KHguan’s DIY, I made my own one, but without the intake side as the air is a vacuum, having no oil vapors what.so.EVERRRRRRRR!
Browsing around car accessory shops you can find oil catch tanks to be in the RM80-120 range, 60 for a cheapo one. I got my proton saga petrol filter for RM4 instead.
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Other misc parts to buy is a hose clip and some gas hose(usually transparent with weaving but i bought the ones in black cause they look neater.) The top hole in the petrol filter goes into the intake manifold, and the bottom one the valve cover.
Next, choose a spot in your engine bay to mount the tank. I chose this place near the firewall again, so that its not that messy and I won’t have to use cable ties or whatsoever.
Drilling a hole is easy. So, I drilled one in the hose clip to fit the nut. After that, adjust the hose clip to fit the petrol filter, tight but not too tight.
Here’s the thingy mounted in my engine bay. Hopefully the hardware store uncker didn’t con me and the pipes can withstand the heat. The connection at the valve cover was abit loose too, so I added another tiny hose clip to it to prevent it popping out. The filter can either be drained out or changed(only RM4 maaaa! =P) once it gets full. Which will take a few thousand kms I guess.
There we have a decent looking and cheap oil catch tank.
