Can a Felicia owner have some benefits from installing a device like this?

I have read many articles and i have seen many videos but for turbo cars although here in this forum there is a thread about Fabia 16V

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/481634-fabia-mk2-14-16v-oil-catch-can/?do=findComment&comment=5410097

but since Felicia is an older generation car i wonder if it's good to have an Oil Catch Can.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What say you?

I guess it depends if your car is 'breathing heavy'. I'm not sure it would be beneficial on a small capacity NA engine. Have you checked if your intake is excessively coated in oil?

I have a 1.8T 'track' car with one fitted, it catches quite a bit of crap over a period of time, however, the engine is obviously being worked very hard. 
 

Please note - I am not a mechanic or expert in anything.

 

I am agreeing, and slightly disagreeing, with what MAT0693 has put.

 

For usual road driving they are not normally needed unless the engine has a problem and/or is quite a bit modified.

 

Cars that do a lot of heavy breathing like those used as track-day and racing often have them as it is very much frowned on to drop oil on to a track, it may be against some or all race regulations but I do not know about any race regulations.

 

Catch tanks have been used on smaller capacity normally-aspirated engines for decades, and bear in mind engine size is all relative one very old car had a 250cc(!) engine and Americans are used to 5 and 7 litre engines, all without turbos.

 

Edited 10 November, 20223 yr by nta16

3 hours ago, nta16 said:

Please note - I am not a mechanic or expert in anything.

 

I am agreeing, and slightly disagreeing, with what MAT0693 has put.

 

For usual road driving they are not normally needed unless the engine has a problem and/or is quite a bit modified.

 

Cars that do a lot of heavy breathing like those used as track-day and racing often have them as it is very much frowned on to drop oil on to a track, it may be against some or all race regulations but I do not know about any race regulations.

 

Catch tanks have been used on smaller capacity normally-aspirated engines for decades, and bear in mind engine size is all relative one very old car had a 250cc(!) engine and Americans are used to 5 and 7 litre engines, all without turbos.

 

Dropping oil (or other fluids) on the track will pretty quickly get you a black flag from a marshal. Normal, road-going people have to take their chances.   

6 hours ago, MATT0693 said:

Have you checked if your intake is excessively coated in oil?

 

No oil or muck in the throttle or even in the tube, what i saw there at 1:08 was a shock:

 

 

Different type of engine of course but i read about carbon deposits in valves and since i have an old car maybe this Oil Catch Can could heped me over time.

Please note - I am not a mechanic or expert in anything.

 

It is a diesel.

 

And petrol or diesel same as computers GIGO but for cars SISO (sh1te in, sh1te out)., you use petrol, you keep your air filter clean, you regularly change good quality oil (and filter and coolant) you have a different type of engine to more modern cars.

 

Getting the "engine breathing" wrong will cause problems, why possibly introduce problems especially when you do not have to or need to and for no gain.

 

Edited 10 November, 20223 yr by nta16
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no need on the felicia