After reading many posts about oil catch cans, I decided to bite the bullet and I purchased one from Accurate Machine Works a few months ago. It is an extremely high quality piece that looks great in the anodized red...with my mag red 04 coupe. I installed the can with 2500 miles on the clock and I took a look at it today with 5900 miles on the clock. Here's what I found (the picture's pretty big so I just posted the link to it):

http://home.comcast.net/~jw38/wsb/ht...D-2383660.html


There was about 3/4 of an ounce of oil in the can! I decided to remove the throttle body to take a peek into the intake and it was spotlessly clean. Now...I don't drive my car hard at all. In fact, it's had only one hard run. A few weeks ago I had it on a dyno and that's the first time that the car has been run to the redline.

Botton line? If you don't want oil in your intake, get a catch can!!!

 

I just put mine on my '98 C5 and collected about double that amount after one hard weekend at the track running at high temps and rpms. My intake and throttle body were nice and clean. Thank God all that oil is not recycling through my engine. Everyone should install one of these.
Cheers
John

 

Any pics of this on your car?

 

I saw one at the track this weekend and it had a good amount of oil in. Enough to make me go out and buy one.

Where did you get yours and how was the install? It looked straight forward, but wanted to check...

 

I have seen many posts concerning this problem over the years. My 98 has never used any oil and the one time I inspected the inside of the intake manifold it was as dry as a bone. Could someone explain why some cars have this problem and others don't.

 

I know my car has always used oil. First it was the rering issue (using +1 quart every 800 miles) and I had that done. Now it uses less, but it still uses oil. At Pocono raceway this weekend within 4 - 25 min sessions I blew through .5 quarts with no problem (I added another 1/2 quart before I started the day). My friends did not lose a drop, but another driver showed a few ounces in a catch can.

Ok so I did not answer your question

 

I have to add the can to my car. I know mine was a bit oily when I had the motor apart for the cam swap. This mod and the clb I just don't have and excuse for not having.

Just have to find the time

 

I got mine from Accurate Machine Works http://www.accmachtech.com/ Click on “Retail” and then on “PCV Catch Cans”. They make the best product on the market and I got mine in red so it matches my car perfectly. In my opinion, you don't need the additional mounting bracket that allows you to mount the can on the cylinder head. You can use the supplied bracket and mount it near the battery. (I'll try to post some pictures of mine later today.) When I bought mine it was a total of $96, including shipping. Unfortunately, now they’re $160!!! Corvette tax at it’s finest!!

 

 

Why?

 

can anyone post a pic of theirs mounted with the LS1 specific bracket that AMW offers?

thanks!

 

AMW PCV Catch Cans are designed by automotive enthusiasts for those who expect a higher standard of performance from their vehicle and wish to help extend the life of their engine by decreasing oil contamination from the intake tract to the combustion chamber. The internal design of the AMW catch can is superior in function to other catch cans on the market. Oil vapors and other contaminates are first caught and condensed by a stainless mesh and then dropped to the bottom of the can where a series of under-cuts in the walls prevent the oil from climbing back to the top and exiting back into the intake tract.

Oil contamination derives from the positive crankcase ventilation valve common on most internal combustion engines where vacuum is pulled on the crankcase by the intake or in some cases the throttle body. This contamination occurs when oil vapors exit the crankcase via the PCV valve, enter the intake tract, and create adverse effects such as carbon build-up on valves, pistons, and plugs, as well as cause harmful detonation. Detonation in many cases causes the ECM/PCM to retard timing, thus creating a reduction in horsepower. Power adders such as turbos, blowers, or nitrous can benefit greatly due to the removal of oil contamination in the combustion process. Poor emissions could also be traced back to high levels of oil residue being burned in the combustion process. By removing this oil, a clean burning engine could help the environment as well as improving the performance of a vehicle.

AWM Catch Can Link

 

Here are Pics of my red catch can installed w/o the additional bracket. BTW, mine was bought GP from a local performance shop B4 AMW raised there price!











AMW PCV Catch Cans are designed by automotive enthusiasts for those who expect a higher standard of performance from their vehicle and wish to help extend the life of their engine by decreasing oil contamination from the intake tract to the combustion chamber. The internal design of the AMW catch can is superior in function to other catch cans on the market. Oil vapors and other contaminates are first caught and condensed by a stainless mesh and then dropped to the bottom of the can where a series of under-cuts in the walls prevent the oil from climbing back to the top and exiting back into the intake tract.

Oil contamination derives from the positive crankcase ventilation valve common on most internal combustion engines where vacuum is pulled on the crankcase by the intake or in some cases the throttle body. This contamination occurs when oil vapors exit the crankcase via the PCV valve, enter the intake tract, and create adverse effects such as carbon build-up on valves, pistons, and plugs, as well as cause harmful detonation. Detonation in many cases causes the ECM/PCM to retard timing, thus creating a reduction in horsepower. Power adders such as turbos, blowers, or nitrous can benefit greatly due to the removal of oil contamination in the combustion process. Poor emissions could also be traced back to high levels of oil residue being burned in the combustion process. By removing this oil, a clean burning engine could help the environment as well as improving the performance of a vehicle.

AMW Catch Can Link

 

Very clean install!

 

I have a polished alum one from Ebay ($39) that seems to work fine.
Track days I will go thru a half quart or more but it is burned, not in catch can. Restarts after a session will result in an embarrasing amount of blue smoke which I assume is oil built up in heads. I have seen the same smoke from others under same conditions. Street use, no oil consumption.

 

Is there any need for this for someone who rarely, if ever, tracks their car?

thanks

 

Rudy Rudy Rudy, did you not read my previous post with explanation?
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AMW PCV Catch Cans are designed by automotive enthusiasts for those who expect a higher standard of performance from their vehicle and wish to help extend the life of their engine by decreasing oil contamination from the intake tract to the combustion chamber. The internal design of the AMW catch can is superior in function to other catch cans on the market. Oil vapors and other contaminates are first caught and condensed by a stainless mesh and then dropped to the bottom of the can where a series of under-cuts in the walls prevent the oil from climbing back to the top and exiting back into the intake tract.

Oil contamination derives from the positive crankcase ventilation valve common on most internal combustion engines where vacuum is pulled on the crankcase by the intake or in some cases the throttle body. This contamination occurs when oil vapors exit the crankcase via the PCV valve, enter the intake tract, and create adverse effects such as carbon build-up on valves, pistons, and plugs, as well as cause harmful detonation. Detonation in many cases causes the ECM/PCM to retard timing, thus creating a reduction in horsepower. Power adders such as turbos, blowers, or nitrous can benefit greatly due to the removal of oil contamination in the combustion process. Poor emissions could also be traced back to high levels of oil residue being burned in the combustion process. By removing this oil, a clean burning engine could help the environment as well as improving the performance of a vehicle.
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Need, maybe not. Good prevention, YES!

 

I just did this mod.

I started the car up, rev'd it to 3000rpms and got one of the 2 filters I used brown. Now just brown from reving the engine. Amagine just driving the car how much the catch can will get.

I used 2 husky air compressor filters, cost me 1/8th of the AMW taxed can. Sorry but I can dump the cans from time to time to keep up with the oil.

 

:o

 

I'm certainly no newbie to the world of engines, but this is the first time I've ever seen one of these puppies. Very interesting thread, and I will definitely consider one. It appears to just install inline with the PCV, which must be fairly simple - right?