pcv catch cans
Melting Slicks
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From: Dublin CA
Re: pcv catch cans (rplaster)
I'm confused, isn't the line that goes to the air fiter the only way that oil could get sucked into the intake? From the picture that line has nothing to stop oil from being sucked in. I talked to Andy about this and that is where he said to put the seperator. 
[Modified by blu00rdstr, 4:13 PM 5/20/2004]
Melting Slicks
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From: Dublin CA
Re: pcv catch cans (HIGHRPM)
So do we need to reverse the connections....put the can in the line to the air filter?
We might want to keep an eye for oil in the breather line to the intake, per Andy's suggestion of the clear air/oil separator in the line. I'm just going to check the inside of the filter for oil occasionally.
Melting Slicks
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Re: pcv catch cans (rplaster)
So far i have no oil in my catch can after about 800 miles. I only have 8200 miles on the car is this about right on a low mile motor.
[Modified by drcoffee, 9:07 AM 5/23/2004]
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From: Ringgold Ga.
Re: pcv catch cans (drcoffee)
Mine is just like the one in the picture above (Cambell Hausfield) it does have a filter element in it. When i talked to Andy about this he told me that the hose going to the air filter is the only way that oil could be drawn into the motor. That is why i'm kinda confused about the setup in the picture.
Melting Slicks
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Re: pcv catch cans (rplaster)
When i talked to Andy about this he told me that the hose going to the air filter is the only way that oil could be drawn into the motor. That is why i'm kinda confused about the setup in the picture.
Also, to avoid the straw effect when the filter is saturated, I have reversed the air flow thru the CH oil catch can. You see when the air filter is used as designed on an air compressor the idea is to catch dropplets of water and dust. But to separate oil vapor you want the air to enter the center hole and strain out the oil and drip down into the plastic bowl and have the air continue out the perimeter hole.
[Modified by drcoffee, 11:50 AM 5/23/2004]
Le Mans Master
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From: dudley MA
Re: pcv catch cans (dads01dream)
Anyone have a line on a pretty good catch-can setup/kit? 
[Modified by pdd000, 1:50 PM 5/23/2004]
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Re: pcv catch cans (wrustywrench)
I'm more confused on this issue than ever. 
If you go with the LPE system, do you also need a check valve?
Are the ATI and Maggies under the same principles, since the ATI boosts the air before it ever enters the front of the intake, whereas the Maggie boosts it farther down the line?
Argh??????????????
If you go with the LPE system, do you also need a check valve?
Are the ATI and Maggies under the same principles, since the ATI boosts the air before it ever enters the front of the intake, whereas the Maggie boosts it farther down the line?
Argh??????????????
