Tired Of Oil In Your Intake?
Tired Of Oil In Your Intake? Like everyone, I had oil in my intake. There is a solution to keep it from entering. I went on Ebay and purchased an oil catch can.
Oil enters the intake through your PCV valve, being drawn in by vacuum. This oil acummulates and pools in the intake. The oil will make its way down into the intake ports, around the valves and will drip into the combustion chamber to be burnt, as it mixes with the fuel. Some of the tell tale signs you have this problem is an oil and carbon residue on the rear of the car, smoke during hard acceleration and the most obvious, oil on the back of the butterfly valve on the throttlebody. The catch can is put inline before the PCV valve to trap the oil before it reaches the PCV valve. Here is a link to the oil catch can I purchased. http://store.zerotek.net/unjdmalraoil.html
Oil enters the intake through your PCV valve, being drawn in by vacuum. This oil acummulates and pools in the intake. The oil will make its way down into the intake ports, around the valves and will drip into the combustion chamber to be burnt, as it mixes with the fuel. Some of the tell tale signs you have this problem is an oil and carbon residue on the rear of the car, smoke during hard acceleration and the most obvious, oil on the back of the butterfly valve on the throttlebody. The catch can is put inline before the PCV valve to trap the oil before it reaches the PCV valve. Here is a link to the oil catch can I purchased. http://store.zerotek.net/unjdmalraoil.html
The AMW catch can I had on my T/A worked great! Do a search for there site. It is a very nice unit.
PS i have a blue one in mint condition complete with instructions if anyone is interested?? $140
here is the site http://www.accmachtech.com/pcvcatchcans.htm
PS i have a blue one in mint condition complete with instructions if anyone is interested?? $140
here is the site http://www.accmachtech.com/pcvcatchcans.htm
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It was about 60$ if I remember correctly. This solved my oil in the intake problems as well and alittle smoke on start up was fixed too.
That thing is huge and gawdy. Go to lowe's and for less than $25 you can put together a catch can setup that is small enough to be hidden (or leave it in plain sight, it does not draw attention).
NEED2SPEEDLS1 it is not just a C5 Z06 thing or even a C5 thing - almost every LS1 can benefit from this. My '00 would smoke bad on the dyno, it was consuming that small bit of oil that was being pulled through the intake. Not only that - but if you are consuming oil, you are leaning out the a/f ratio so you might not be able to run as much timing as you like. Put a catch can on and you'll find about a teaspoon of oil...
NEED2SPEEDLS1 it is not just a C5 Z06 thing or even a C5 thing - almost every LS1 can benefit from this. My '00 would smoke bad on the dyno, it was consuming that small bit of oil that was being pulled through the intake. Not only that - but if you are consuming oil, you are leaning out the a/f ratio so you might not be able to run as much timing as you like. Put a catch can on and you'll find about a teaspoon of oil...
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Originally Posted by keliente
That thing is huge and gawdy. Go to lowe's and for less than $25 you can put together a catch can setup that is small enough to be hidden (or leave it in plain sight, it does not draw attention).
NEED2SPEEDLS1 it is not just a C5 Z06 thing or even a C5 thing - almost every LS1 can benefit from this. My '00 would smoke bad on the dyno, it was consuming that small bit of oil that was being pulled through the intake. Not only that - but if you are consuming oil, you are leaning out the a/f ratio so you might not be able to run as much timing as you like. Put a catch can on and you'll find about a teaspoon of oil...
NEED2SPEEDLS1 it is not just a C5 Z06 thing or even a C5 thing - almost every LS1 can benefit from this. My '00 would smoke bad on the dyno, it was consuming that small bit of oil that was being pulled through the intake. Not only that - but if you are consuming oil, you are leaning out the a/f ratio so you might not be able to run as much timing as you like. Put a catch can on and you'll find about a teaspoon of oil...
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Originally Posted by 02WSsicks
Explain how, and what is needed???
Ryan
Funny that this was posted...after a few minutes of trying to set up my catch can on my own car. I have the TPiS unit. Pretty tight I guess(looks wise).
Highly recommend mod. I was trying to buy the AMW one but, it's backorder until november. Very nicely built pieces, we put one on a cadillac recently.
It's important to know how to have your PCV system hooked up properly...make sure you hook it up right.
Highly recommend mod. I was trying to buy the AMW one but, it's backorder until november. Very nicely built pieces, we put one on a cadillac recently.
It's important to know how to have your PCV system hooked up properly...make sure you hook it up right.
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Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Fayetteville, NC
Originally Posted by zo6vetteman2003
That is the exact same one I have on my car, but black. I'll try to get some pictures of it installed & post them.
Sorry guys, I just got back from vacation down in Orlando Fl. Like it down there for sure. Yeah, I'll try to take some pics. tomorrow. The catch can I bolted to the front of the passenger side cylinder head. I used the bracket that came with the can, but had to drill a larger bolt hole in the bracket to be able to mount it. I used the tube connection that runs to the inlet side of the PCV valve for the inlet to the can, and the outlet of the can went to the PCV valve inlet itself. The can sits inline, trapping oil on its way to the PCV valve. I also took the car down to my local Chevrolet dealer and showed the service manager and techs. the installation. They said they had some Vette customers complaining about this very issue regarding the oil in the intake.
Originally Posted by pdd
i have the AMW catch can also.i had oil still get into the intake. so i ran a fuel filter on the line before the catch can. problem solved 
intake is dry as a bone
intake is dry as a bone
Originally Posted by linn.35
www.ipsmotorsports.net
It was about 60$ if I remember correctly. This solved my oil in the intake problems as well and alittle smoke on start up was fixed too.