Improvised Oil Strainer

[FJCamper]

Dollar Store VW Fix

Misshapen oil pickups have become the norm on Brazilian cases, no matter if it just an aluminum reproduction of the German mag cases or a high performance case.

If you have one of these pickups, you know that the factory oil strainer will not work. The pickup tube is bent sideways and trying to make the strainer fit means bending, cutting, or collapsing it's wire dome.

The strainer is important because it acts to keep crap like shreds of RTV sealant, misc debris, etc. out of the oil pickup.

We found steel wire desk accessories at the Dollar Store, intended for pencil or paper clip holders that happened to match the dimensions we needed, and cut them as the photos show.

Problem solved.

FJC

[sideshow]

I avoid RTV shreds by not using it, it seems simpler...much like put away the handgun before opening the tequila

[RHough]

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http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp ... 43-101-149

Just sayin'

[FJCamper]

Hi Randy,

We have two of our aluminum cases apart and both of them are getting German oil pickups. The improvised oil strainer case we photographed is also brand new 0-mile, but had been assembled ahead of schedule.

And Sideshow was on target. We had been guilty of RTV, prompting the fix. No more RTV for us. Just Permatex.

Good old Permatex #2 has the sticking power of Brer Rabbit's tar baby.

FJC

[Piledriver]

You can overdo anything...
... but whoever did that classic seal up RTV job for you may secretly own permatex stock.

The red anaerobic gasket maker is also very good, if pricey, and cleans up relatively easy, esp if not fully cured, falls off with a shot of brake cleaner if not fully cured.
https://www.permatex.com/products/gaske ... ket-maker/

Actually goes a long way and will wait for you while you are tooling around doing final fiddling before mating the case halves etc.

I still use copper kote or such on jug bases (and as head gasket), painted on with a brush, I think that was Jakes method, seems to work, and very, very hard to put on too thick.

I coated the chambers with it as a test on a motor I did no expect to last long (WBX so it needed all the help it could get), was all still there 70K later when it came apart. (just wanted to see if can really take 600F--- it probably can, and seemed to hurt nothing at least.)

[sideshow]

Another "use everywhere" and seems better at "frequent tear downs" over anaerobic is Hylomar;
http://hylomar.com/warrick/wp-content/u ... ssue_6.pdf
I have only used it a few times and it feels purpose built for racing. Sometimes I carry it in a road kit (verses carrying several other tubes) as the sole/only goo.