[Z06] Catch Can Contents
09-09-2012, 09:39 AM
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St. Jude Donor '12
Catch Can Contents
Emptied my catch can yesterday evening. It was first time in a year. The car had less than 3k miles since last emptied.
It contained 34 cc's of oil....I measured it. Filled the bottom fourth of a beer can. Only street miles. (there was a romp late last winter/early spring at say speeds of 145 + mph....and rpm to 6k).
Does anyone know which "street" conditions exists that cause this car to spit out that much oil in crankcase vapors?
Also, does anyone know if I could plump this directly back to sump tank?
BTW, it's a '10 Z06 w/11,400 on clock now, had since new.
Tim
It contained 34 cc's of oil....I measured it. Filled the bottom fourth of a beer can. Only street miles. (there was a romp late last winter/early spring at say speeds of 145 + mph....and rpm to 6k).
Does anyone know which "street" conditions exists that cause this car to spit out that much oil in crankcase vapors?
Also, does anyone know if I could plump this directly back to sump tank?
BTW, it's a '10 Z06 w/11,400 on clock now, had since new.
Tim
09-09-2012, 10:09 AM
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Emptied my catch can yesterday evening. It was first time in a year. The car had less than 3k miles since last emptied.
It contained 34 cc's of oil....I measured it. Filled the bottom fourth of a beer can. Only street miles. (there was a romp late last winter/early spring at say speeds of 145 + mph....and rpm to 6k).
Does anyone know which "street" conditions exists that cause this car to spit out that much oil in crankcase vapors?
Also, does anyone know if I could plump this directly back to sump tank?
BTW, it's a '10 Z06 w/11,400 on clock now, had since new.
Tim
It contained 34 cc's of oil....I measured it. Filled the bottom fourth of a beer can. Only street miles. (there was a romp late last winter/early spring at say speeds of 145 + mph....and rpm to 6k).
Does anyone know which "street" conditions exists that cause this car to spit out that much oil in crankcase vapors?
Also, does anyone know if I could plump this directly back to sump tank?
BTW, it's a '10 Z06 w/11,400 on clock now, had since new.
Tim
The consensus over on the F150 forums, was that you don't want to reuse the contents of the catch can, so I don't know that you would want to plumb that back to your sump tank. I don't know if that's a good idea.
http://www.f150forum.com/f70/5-0l-oi...9/#post1387903
http://www.f150forum.com/f70/5-0l-oi...4/#post1131790
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09-09-2012, 12:17 PM
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I would not reuse, as if no catch can the intent of the pcv system is to burn this off so seems to me a bad idea to put back in the oil system.
Oh, and how about driving the thing more often. Just 3k miles in a years time.
Oh, and how about driving the thing more often. Just 3k miles in a years time.
09-10-2012, 09:55 AM
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I had them repaired but it's been so dam hot around here even the devil won't come around
(avg 102 w/70% humidity-literal steam bath)Otherwise, it would have 15k on it now as I do put 4-5k mi/yr on it and have had it now 2.5 going on 3 yrs now. And I can drive it 10-11 months/yr in these parts.