PCV Idea w/o breather
01-15-2011, 11:07 AM
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PCV Idea w/o breather I currently have an Elite Engineering Catch can and a Breather on the oil cap, but the breather will on occasion leak all over the place.
What I'd Like to do is run the PCV AND a line from the oil cap to the input of the catch can, then from the catch can to the intake UPSTREAM of the blower for constant vacuum even under boost.
Assuming the catch can does it's job, i should see no or very little oil getting back into the intake and no more leaks.
Does it sound like this would work?
What I'd Like to do is run the PCV AND a line from the oil cap to the input of the catch can, then from the catch can to the intake UPSTREAM of the blower for constant vacuum even under boost.
Assuming the catch can does it's job, i should see no or very little oil getting back into the intake and no more leaks.
Does it sound like this would work?
01-15-2011, 12:40 PM
#2
I currently have an Elite Engineering Catch can and a Breather on the oil cap, but the breather will on occasion leak all over the place.
What I'd Like to do is run the PCV AND a line from the oil cap to the input of the catch can, then from the catch can to the intake UPSTREAM of the blower for constant vacuum even under boost.
Assuming the catch can does it's job, i should see no or very little oil getting back into the intake and no more leaks.
Does it sound like this would work?
What I'd Like to do is run the PCV AND a line from the oil cap to the input of the catch can, then from the catch can to the intake UPSTREAM of the blower for constant vacuum even under boost.
Assuming the catch can does it's job, i should see no or very little oil getting back into the intake and no more leaks.
Does it sound like this would work?
Keep in mind that when under boost, your tube from blower to intake (UPSTREAM) would be in a positive pressure not negative, therefore... no vacuum.
01-15-2011, 01:30 PM
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I"m going to try it out and see how it works....I'll put it in the ducting between the MAF sensor and the blower so as not to damage the MAF sensor if a little oil vapor gets by.
01-17-2011, 10:35 PM
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My bad. I obviously misunderstood you. But, I don't think it would create enough vacuum for what you need. I tried that on my twinturbo application and did'nt quite work the way I was hoping, I just ended up putting a breather on my catch can. But it might be different on a blower application.
01-17-2011, 10:39 PM
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Ok what is wrong with the simple way. Just run 2 open breathers on each valve cover. No catch cam,pcv. Just vented to atmosphere. I've been running that way for years and no issues
01-17-2011, 10:40 PM
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My bad. I obviously misunderstood you. But, I don't think it would create enough vacuum for what you need. I tried that on my twinturbo application and did'nt quite work the way I was hoping, I just ended up putting a breather on my catch can. But it might be different on a blower application.
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I remember seeing someone wrote up an article about the evac system and it pulls a little vacuum(~2in/vac) but not huge amounts. Not that it matters, as long as its not positive pressure it wont hurt anything.
04-04-2011, 01:29 PM
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by teeing it into my manifold line, i basically gauranteed myself to have vacuum at ALL times. with a checkvalve at the manifold and one on the nipple at the exhaust, it pulls vaccum on the block at low throttle situations then when it goes into boost, ive got vacuum from the evac system pulling on the valley and the valve covers.
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Im sure it does pull vacuum, im not discounting that fact, but Im just saying people should not expect it to replace a vac pump.
Besides, Im doing the evac this year too :p
Besides, Im doing the evac this year too :p
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I hear ya bro, lol. I wasnt saying that either, infact, at this point, ive only boosted up to 5psi and havent had any issues, who knows what will happen after i tune into the 10-12 range. I can tell you this, my rubber plus is still in the bottom of the block that truck oil dipstick goes into, LMAO!
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SO it dawns on me after about 3 trips around the block, "did i remember seeing something about a hole in this motor?"
DOH! OH well, i grabbed coolant plug that barely fit into the whole, and jammed a barbed nipple down into it, its in their tight. If it comes out, i guess ill get the freeze plug that supposedly fits.
I am looking for a truck dipstick that i can shove in their and cap off.