View Poll Results: PCV Options
Leave it alone.
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11.11%
Add a catch can.
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47
34.81%
Change to a truck PCV valve.
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9
6.67%
Remove the entire system and run a breather.
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What to do with PCV system?
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I tried everything to get rid of oil consumption. (catch can, 01-02 style valley/pcv , the new truck pcv valve) I still find oil behind my tb and have to add a quart every 1500 miles. My suggestion would be to learn to live with it. I have.
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If a 2001 is similar to a 99 PVC set up, then a larger diameter drain hole inside the passenger side valve cover in conjunction with a vertically mounted PCV valve & a just in case fuel filter, will eliminate oil consumption. Let me know if this is of interest & I will explain further. AM not sure how a 2001 PCV system i routed. If it's the same, this will work.
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Originally Posted by BLUE99T/A
I tried everything to get rid of oil consumption. (catch can, 01-02 style valley/pcv , the new truck pcv valve) I still find oil behind my tb and have to add a quart every 1500 miles. My suggestion would be to learn to live with it. I have.
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Originally Posted by LS1-450
How did you attatch the breather; 1/8" NPT nipple in the oil cap or a different way? Thanks.
$50something dollars.
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Originally Posted by FIREHAWK#608
Mine screws right into the stock oil "chimney." You can find them at Year One(sponsor) ===>
$50something dollars.
$50something dollars.
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Originally Posted by LS1-450
Are you saying that the back pressure created by the PCV circuit was enough to blow the seals on the second motor you had or that the overflowing catch can caused the back pressure & subsequent seal failure? Where did you mount the driver's side head cover breather?
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As for the driverside head you can use the same filler cap breathwer ($50 a piece
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i thought it was retarded to spend $100 on two breathers so i bought clamp on breathers fron jegs for $12 a peice and welded a 1 3/8" tube on each valve cover.
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Originally Posted by BackinBlack02SS
What did you do about the driver's side?
Simple.
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Originally Posted by FIREHAWK#608
Think about the internals of the engine. The holes where the pushrods go through to touch the cam is a common area. Any pressure on the other side (drivers) migrates to the lower pressure side where it naturally goes to the breather.
Simple.
Simple.
This is true, however when gasses are being pushed out, air must also be sucked in.