OIL Catch CAN
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Heel & Toe
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OIL Catch CAN
Hi guys,
I had the problem of getting oil in my air filter. Fix that by adding oil catch can. But still the problem remain. I'm not sure but the tuner guy said that the car have too much pressure? What does he mean , I don't now.
Any help will be appreciated.
Yes my car is
2014 c7 z51, with pro charger, stage 2 air intake, and upgraded pulleys.
I had the problem of getting oil in my air filter. Fix that by adding oil catch can. But still the problem remain. I'm not sure but the tuner guy said that the car have too much pressure? What does he mean , I don't now.
Any help will be appreciated.
Yes my car is
2014 c7 z51, with pro charger, stage 2 air intake, and upgraded pulleys.
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From: cookeville tennessee
Hi guys,
I had the problem of getting oil in my air filter. Fix that by adding oil catch can. But still the problem remain. I'm not sure but the tuner guy said that the car have too much pressure? What does he mean , I don't now.
Any help will be appreciated.
Yes my car is
2014 c7 z51, with pro charger, stage 2 air intake, and upgraded pulleys.
I had the problem of getting oil in my air filter. Fix that by adding oil catch can. But still the problem remain. I'm not sure but the tuner guy said that the car have too much pressure? What does he mean , I don't now.
Any help will be appreciated.
Yes my car is
2014 c7 z51, with pro charger, stage 2 air intake, and upgraded pulleys.
what are who's catch can do you have in your car. Plus check your oil you have to run the car at least 1/4 qt low in the dry sump cars are you need to do this. TELL US THESE QUESTION HERE. Robert
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I do think what you are saying here really does help. But I also think with a blower are turbo on the car it really does help if you happen to have one of those cars that has bad blow by. Robert
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without seeing any photos, i have to assume the catch can installed was for typical pcv oil consumption (foul/suction side of the system) not the air filter / fresh air / clean side, so that is unrelated to your symptom.
clean side contamination almost always comes from high crankcase pressure, and once in a while from overfilling or a clogged / undersized air filter.
crank pressure comes from increasing power beyond the stock pcv systems intent, switching to larger displacement, or larger clearanced racing pistons/rings, or worn/damaged engine parts.. sometimes more than one!
hopefully it is intuitive that a system designed to manage 450hp may cause side effect at 700 etc.
any system implementing a clean side catch can or a clean side separator, by installing this device, meant to trap oil (caused by crankcase pressure) is INCREASING crankcase pressure, due to inherent restrictions in the device impeding airflow trying to exit
when you have this symptom the best method is to equalize it at the source, and of course make sure the engine is as mechanically sound as possible, or turn down the power, but no fun in that last one :P
clean side contamination almost always comes from high crankcase pressure, and once in a while from overfilling or a clogged / undersized air filter.
crank pressure comes from increasing power beyond the stock pcv systems intent, switching to larger displacement, or larger clearanced racing pistons/rings, or worn/damaged engine parts.. sometimes more than one!
hopefully it is intuitive that a system designed to manage 450hp may cause side effect at 700 etc.
any system implementing a clean side catch can or a clean side separator, by installing this device, meant to trap oil (caused by crankcase pressure) is INCREASING crankcase pressure, due to inherent restrictions in the device impeding airflow trying to exit
when you have this symptom the best method is to equalize it at the source, and of course make sure the engine is as mechanically sound as possible, or turn down the power, but no fun in that last one :P
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Last edited by David@MMS; Jul 14, 2017 at 11:26 AM.
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Heel & Toe
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From: AbuDhabi
Hi guys,
I did take couple of pictures hope they are good.
https://photouploads.com/images/a7ca3f.jpg
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Thanks guys for your support.
I did take couple of pictures hope they are good.
https://photouploads.com/images/a7ca3f.jpg
https://photouploads.com/images/7bc6e0.jpg
https://photouploads.com/images/11c048.jpg
https://photouploads.com/images/e4370e.jpg
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https://photouploads.com/images/fd3a02.jpg
Thanks guys for your support.
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ttt
OP here how do you have that can hooked up I see the one line going to the driver side valve cover. But the other WHERE.
Plus for me I have had 3 cans on my car wouldn't put nothing other than MMS can on any car like this at all. Plus I paid 700.00 for the 1st can that didn't work correct when under boost.
David at MMS will & did help me to really understand & sent me pic's by cell for me to get it correct.
Plus called me back every time I called him are gave him a message. Also this was after I had got the can from him. The other dam place never did plus that one didn't come with any paper work also.
Robert
Plus for me I have had 3 cans on my car wouldn't put nothing other than MMS can on any car like this at all. Plus I paid 700.00 for the 1st can that didn't work correct when under boost.
David at MMS will & did help me to really understand & sent me pic's by cell for me to get it correct.
Plus called me back every time I called him are gave him a message. Also this was after I had got the can from him. The other dam place never did plus that one didn't come with any paper work also. Robert
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it looks like you are running both the dry sump tank and the driver cover into an open vented can.
while the size of the filter on the can may be too small to adequately handle supercharged crankcase flows, it would be one way to stop crankcase vent oil from entering the s/c system.
you probably need to remove the intercooler, other oily parts and wash them out.
while the size of the filter on the can may be too small to adequately handle supercharged crankcase flows, it would be one way to stop crankcase vent oil from entering the s/c system.
you probably need to remove the intercooler, other oily parts and wash them out.
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