Is my catch can doing its job?
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Is my catch can doing its job? The lines going to and from the catch can were blue and now theirs oil coated on both of them. After half a tank of gas their was about 5 drops of oil in the catch can.
If theirs oil in the line going to the intake manifold does this mean that oil is still going into my intake manifold.
Their is a picture of the catch can on my cardomain, its the first pic. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2301941
Would it be better if I put the tube coming from the pcv valve halfway down the catch can?
If theirs oil in the line going to the intake manifold does this mean that oil is still going into my intake manifold.
Their is a picture of the catch can on my cardomain, its the first pic. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2301941
Would it be better if I put the tube coming from the pcv valve halfway down the catch can?
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Pull hose off of throttle body from can. If you feel flow, then it is probably just fine. You may not have much blow by at all. Also, you can take off your throttle body and look inside your intake manifold with a flashlight. Look for thick oily coating (bad) or almost nothing (good). That simple.
Originally Posted by BobbyWS6
Pull hose off of throttle body from can. If you feel flow, then it is probably just fine. You may not have much blow by at all. Also, you can take off your throttle body and look inside your intake manifold with a flashlight. Look for thick oily coating (bad) or almost nothing (good). That simple.
Originally Posted by FireSilverLullaby
Should I just switch to a breather?
what if you get oil in your intake....?.......Atleast it appears that I have...LINK...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-external-engine/551307-crao-coming-beneath-intake.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-external-engine/551307-crao-coming-beneath-intake.html
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Alright I ported my tb today, so i took some quick shots of my intake manifold.
Its definitley still leaking oil into the intake. Could I just block off the hole where it goes into the intake manifold, and put a breather to cap the hose (the one coming from catch can to the intake manifold.
Its definitley still leaking oil into the intake. Could I just block off the hole where it goes into the intake manifold, and put a breather to cap the hose (the one coming from catch can to the intake manifold.
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do you think a husky air compressor filter would work better, cause the catch can is working at all, theirs just a few drops in it after over 3,000 miles and theirs definitley oil in my intake.
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Hey guys does this usally come from a car that is cammed? I just had a MS3 cam installed 3 weeks ago and noticed that my car smokes when idling.Not while driving down the road only when coming to a stop or like i said just letting it idle. What can i do about this, any ideas?
i clicked on your cardomain page but couldnt find a catch can pic, maybe that post from up top was a bit out of date....but check out my catch can setup on my cardomain page (its on the 2nd page about halfway down). after only about the first 500 miles a got a GOOD amount of oil in the husky can. i highly recommend it.