Catch can isn't "catching" anything
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Catch can isn't "catching" anything
I have that good ole' air water seperater type homemade catch can. There is a little bit of oil in it, its more like residue than anything. My car has 115k miles on it so its possible that I just get alot of blowby from my rings. Is there anything else that it could be?
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Originally Posted by HeapaShifter
Did you hook it up right? Were you getting oil in your intake before? I know my homemade catch-can catches a good amount of oil.
Any of these issues should have an effect on how the oil is captured... I'd think.
Thanks,
Marc
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Mine was catching alot after I installed it. I switched to 5W40 M1 from the 5W30 I had been using, and it barely catches anything now. The arrow should be pointing towards the TB, in the direction of the flow. My PCV is before the filter.
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i would put the PCV on the valve cover side of the filter with the arrow pointing toward the TB
reason being is that -
1) the arrow is there to show which way the air is supposed to flow
2) the PCV may help the oil vapor to condense a TINY bit before it hits the catch can. this will help the catch can do its job better.
reason being is that -
1) the arrow is there to show which way the air is supposed to flow
2) the PCV may help the oil vapor to condense a TINY bit before it hits the catch can. this will help the catch can do its job better.
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Did you have an oil problem to begin with? Do you
spend a lot of time at WOT? To blow oil out the PCV
you have to be pressurizing the crankcase and have
a vacuum level in the manifold.
spend a lot of time at WOT? To blow oil out the PCV
you have to be pressurizing the crankcase and have
a vacuum level in the manifold.
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I got an ebay catch can, and im not really cathing any oil it goes right throught the catch can and in to the intake. It doesn matter wich way this catch can goes on right?
I have heard of putting an inline filter between the catch can and intake, do you think this would work or just get clogged.
I have heard of putting an inline filter between the catch can and intake, do you think this would work or just get clogged.