Your opinions on this please
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Drifting
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From: Reynoldsburg oh
Your opinions on this please
I pulled the intake and it was coated in oil as well. If you dont know this is the piece that connects the throttle body to the air bridge. I was getting smoke out the exhaust on start up. It wouldnt smoke after 5-10 seconds of runnin. So I first thought it was valve seals. I pulled my intake to replace the seals and I saw this. So I call my friends performance shop and they say that I need a catch can. They say a catch can will solve my smoking problem. I know a catch can will catch and keep the oil out of the intake from the little blow by that I am getting. Would this be the reason my car smokes on start up. If so why does it stop smoking after it runs for a min. I did a compression test and the block checks out ok.
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Drifting
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From: Reynoldsburg oh
Originally Posted by Vassili
last time I had something like that up in my air intake area, it was the head gasket.
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I agree with your shop, a catch can should solve your problem. My car puts about 1-2 ounces of oil in there over a few months of very hard driving. If not for the catch can.. it would be in the intake, the same as yours.
There is no reason that a blown head gasket would put oil into the intake manifold like that... and you said you checked compression. You could also do a leak down test. I suspect you are just seeing normal venting.
I also vent the valve cover on my car. Mine is forced induction though.
I use the AMW catch can. Not cheap, but very nice.. about $200 with the bracket.
There is no reason that a blown head gasket would put oil into the intake manifold like that... and you said you checked compression. You could also do a leak down test. I suspect you are just seeing normal venting.
I also vent the valve cover on my car. Mine is forced induction though.
I use the AMW catch can. Not cheap, but very nice.. about $200 with the bracket.
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Originally Posted by BLOWNZO6
I agree with your shop, a catch can should solve your problem. My car puts about 1-2 ounces of oil in there over a few months of very hard driving. If not for the catch can.. it would be in the intake, the same as yours.
There is no reason that a blown head gasket would put oil into the intake manifold like that... and you said you checked compression. You could also do a leak down test. I suspect you are just seeing normal venting.
I also vent the valve cover on my car. Mine is forced induction though.
I use the AMW catch can. Not cheap, but very nice.. about $200 with the bracket.
There is no reason that a blown head gasket would put oil into the intake manifold like that... and you said you checked compression. You could also do a leak down test. I suspect you are just seeing normal venting.
I also vent the valve cover on my car. Mine is forced induction though.
I use the AMW catch can. Not cheap, but very nice.. about $200 with the bracket.
Get a catch can installed as soon as possible, I run my FI setup the same with the AMW catch can and the breather like ECS uses and I do not get any oil in my intake and last weekend my car was abused frequently in boost and my catch can did not even have a 1/2 ounce of oil in it
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Originally Posted by WKMCD
I don't think it's head gasket but FYI, I had Cometics blow twice on mine. I'm running stock GM gaskets now with no problems.