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Old 05-11-2003, 01:29 PM
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What kind of "can" are you using for a catch can? I bought a quart paint can, but it looks like hell, is there anything better looking to use? TIA, Shawn
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http://www.slowls1.com/pcv.htm

i guess you can call that a catch can.. it catches the oil
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I just bought a Moroso overflow can (black plastic) for $29. It has a fitting already for the top, and I drilled a hole in the side for another fitting. Plugged the little breather hole on top, and it works just fine. Just make sure you use the lower hole as the "IN" and the upper hole as the "OUT".
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I see about .75-1OZ of oil in about 15 minutes of hard driving. The small containers may not hold .75OZ.

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Reckless,

Is this from your car?
http://www.cofba.org/users/reckless/catchcan.jpg

If so it looks like this has the lines connected as backwards. I see you addressed this in an earlier post.
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I did 98TAauto's pcv mod and it works great! A very good mod...I put it on saturday and it already has some oil in it when I checked today!
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i dont know. id keep both in and out fittings on the top. if you plumb it like a sink trap the vacumn may have a hard time getting through the oil if it collects enough. ond ith enough vacumn is generated itll caus the oil to bubble and splatter and maybe resuspend again to dra itself in.

i dont think the water/oil seperators are a bad idea. but i agree the ons pictured are to small. they sell much bigger ones and that'll be the route ill most likely go.

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Yeah that's mine, and the lines are backwards in that picture. It's mounted up front now where the A/C condensor once was.
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I bought a 1 quart paint can from Home Depot for likr $1.50. Its about the size of a Jumbo can of Chef-Boyardee Ravioli. Its not mounted yet to the car, but should do the trick well.




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