Slobber/Breather Tube Extensions

[bob109]

With all the discussions/concerns on overheating and subsequent efforts to degrease/degrime DP's with rear radiators, it would be interesting to know what kind/type of slobber/breather tube extensions have been concocted to overcome the problem. I have a CAT 3126E and after degreasing/cleaning the entire underside of the motor, air dryer and radiator, I'm hellbent on keeping it that way. Here's my solution for a slobber tube extension







If you have any pics of your slobber tube creation, please share

[ninos]

Hey thanks I hope that we get lots of ideas for the slobber tube because i want to do something with mine but haven't decided what to, the extension or a catch can, joe

[Wingman02]

We haven't done anything with ours either ... we just wash everything that is towed behind it!!!!

[Stillwater]

OK you asked for it. This is a high tech solution. On my ISC the slobber tube is about a 1/2 inch hose hanging down beside the oil filter. Take a small peanut butter jar, drill hole in center of lid to enable slobber tube to pass throught it. Push lid a couple of inches up the tube, place hose clamp on the end of the slobber tube below lid and tighten. With a soldering iron melt 4 or more 1/2 inch holes near the top of the peanut butter jar up close to the threads. You need enough holes to ensure you don't cause a back pressure. Now take part A, (peanut butter jar) and screw onto Part B (the lid). Presto slobber tube fixer. I clean mine out once a year at service time. About 1 TBSpoon of oil will accumulate.

[bob109]

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Originally Posted by Stillwater OK you asked for it. This is a high tech solution. On my ISC the slobber tube is about a 1/2 inch hose hanging down beside the oil filter. Take a small peanut butter jar, drill hole in center of lid to enable slobber tube to pass throught it. Push lid a couple of inches up the tube, place hose clamp on the end of the slobber tube below lid and tighten. With a soldering iron melt 4 or more 1/2 inch holes near the top of the peanut butter jar up close to the threads. You need enough holes to ensure you don't cause a back pressure. Now take part A, (peanut butter jar) and screw onto Part B (the lid). Presto slobber tube fixer. I clean mine out once a year at service time. About 1 TBSpoon of oil will accumulate.

Lyle:

That's a excellent simple solution for the fine oil mist capture. May I suggest you place two cicular pieces of stacked cardboard in the bottom of the jar. The cardboard will work like a "ink blotter" and absorb/capture the collected oil. When it's time to clean the jar simply remove the cardboard disc and replace with new ones

[H. Miller]

Don't ask why but when "building" mine from directions found here (much like described above) the person advised that steel wool should be used inside the jar. Made sense at the time and one pad of steel wool covers the bottom of the jar.
I am going to suggest that the fine strands capture the "mist" which then settles to the bottom of the jar as liquid

[Stillwater]

Good suggestions,
I didn't put anything in the jar and there doesn't seem to be any escaping but it may make cleanup easier. I was under my MH recently and noticed my oil trap was half full. I thought OMG this is way too much I have an engine problem here. When I emptied it out it was mostly water and the usual small amount of oil, then I remembered hosing off my engine from the top a month or two earlier. I was greatly relieved!

[JoeT]

I made an extension from PVC.

[motojavaphil]

I had the radiator cleaned at Statkus Motors, Statkus Engines, Albuquerque, NM : Reviews and maps - Yahoo! Local. He recommended we install a small box over the slobber tube. It is an aftermarket product built specifically for the tube. It has a drain plug that is unscrewed at each oil change to drain it. He explained that just about anywhere you relocate the tube the mist will be sucked up by the fan and wind from driving, onto the radiator. He recommended that capturing the mist is the most effective prevention. I do not know the name of the company that makes the box and it was about $40 which included installation. Seemed like a great deal to me. Give Statkus a call for details. I only have 32,000 miles on the rig and I started having problems at about 25,000. No problems since Statkus did their magic.

[VanDiemen23]

In the racing world they're called puke tanks. They are commonly 1-qt and can be purchased for about $30 less fittings. We use one for the radiator and one for oil. They can be as simple as an inverted oil bottle with the hose stuffed in the top (the lid screws off to drain) all the way to custom fabricated units to fit small odd shaped spaces. The easy way to ensure that the puke tank breathes enough is to vent it with a hose the same size as what goes in. If you don't vent it enough the blow by will pop the tank or blow the hose out of it.

The steel wool is frequently used as an air cleaner element/baffle at the engine end of the breather tube to keep splash out of the hose so blowby won't force it down the tube. you don't need it in the puke tank, and if you look under the breather dome there's some sort of baffle/cleaner assembly in there already.

Here's a pic of a 1-qt puke tank that takes overflow from the sump tank and is top-vented back to the atmosphere.

[LeeB]

I made one and put cotton balls in the jar.

[bachler]

I had problems with ours. After a $3600.00 Bill I extended uors Beyond the rear of the Coach .. Now make sure that when the coach is running that it is slopped downword So it drains the oil our;; Other wise it will puddel up in the tube and pick up dust eventuly plugging it up. Get down under your coach and Visuley look at it , to make sure it is Long enought and spoled down.. Life is good..

[Chuck 1935]

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Originally Posted by Stillwater OK you asked for it. This is a high tech solution. On my ISC the slobber tube is about a 1/2 inch hose hanging down beside the oil filter. Take a small peanut butter jar, drill hole in center of lid to enable slobber tube to pass throught it. Push lid a couple of inches up the tube, place hose clamp on the end of the slobber tube below lid and tighten. With a soldering iron melt 4 or more 1/2 inch holes near the top of the peanut butter jar up close to the threads. You need enough holes to ensure you don't cause a back pressure. Now take part A, (peanut butter jar) and screw onto Part B (the lid). Presto slobber tube fixer. I clean mine out once a year at service time. About 1 TBSpoon of oil will accumulate.

If you follow these directions you will solve the slobber tube problem. You don't need steel wool , cotton balls or oil eating leaches. THIS WILL DO THE TRICK

[bdpreece]

This was what I did on our 04 National Tropi Cal with the Cat C7. I used 3/4 in copper pipe to extend it behind the radiator