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Old 06-02-2012, 05:36 PM
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I am not sure what gives, I am leaking some oil from the valve cover bolts they are as tight as they need to be and for some reason some oil will pool up around the bolts and rubber seals
Both covers have a -10 on the top that goes to a breather can on the driver fender


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Just a breather isn't enough, you need some vacuum to pull out the excessive pressure.
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That's what I thought anyway of doing that aside from a vacuumed pump which I don't have room for
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Take a look at this:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/16046961-post415.html
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Yup a catch can should fix you right up. I picked mine up from an eBay store for $38 shipped and it looked and worked so good I got 2 more for my other vehicles
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Yup a catch can should fix you right up. I picked mine up from an eBay store for $38 shipped and it looked and worked so good I got 2 more for my other vehicles
Hey mark can you post up some pics of your catch can set up? or PM me some if you don't want to post.
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Here is the can I got...my GTO is still all tore Sparta trying to get it down to 2,500 lbs lol or is post pics of it hooked up.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNIVERSAL-AL...sories&vxp=mtr
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1972nova, I mainly posted the link to the CC diagrams because of the various PCV set-ups it shows for turbo engines, It might be useful to you.



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