Has anyone connected TKO 600 vent to an oil puke tank?

[Excaliber]

I've heard of some folks venting the rear end to the trans, via a Y fitting/adaptor/tubing, I guess. In some cases that resulted in rear end gear oil being pumped into the trans, not good. Defective rear end to be sure, but, whatever. End result, rear end gears went bad. Might not have happened if you could SEE the leak! For the same reason I wouldn't want to vent my trans to a puke tank. IF oil is coming out of the vent (trans or rear), man I want to KNOW about that right away!

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

I've heard of some folks venting the rear end to the trans, via a Y fitting/adaptor/tubing, I guess.

Man, I've never heard of that either. And intuitively that makes no sense whatsoever. On the rear though, I have a PVC tube vent that runs about six or so inches straight up from the pumpkin to allow venting without losing oil. Short of running it to a cooler of some sort, I don't know why you'd ever do it differently.

[patrickt]

Here's a pic, just in case anyone's interested....

[dcdoug]

Originally Posted by patrickt

On the rear though, I have a PVC tube vent that runs about six or so inches straight up from the pumpkin to allow venting without losing oil. Short of running it to a cooler of some sort, I don't know why you'd ever do it differently.

The diff was vented to the oil puke tank as well, but its easy to do in this case because you have a fitting that you can use. The oil puke tank has a fitting for venting both the diff and tranny, if you want to set it up like the originals.

I may just plug the puke tank and run a fake line down and connect it to a tranny bolt or something so it looks real....don't tell anyone.

We'll see. Still just thinking about this as another project to mess with.

[ERA Chas]

Originally Posted by dcdoug

We'll see. Still just thinking about this as another project to mess with.

Doug,
That's how a project becomes a crisis. Adding hokey BS will add complexity where you don't need it and cheapen the car.

Have confidence that your car is 'cool' enough-you're not running laps at Riverside and you're not going to SAAC for judging.