@junkyardnut lol you know I actually did know that! :D I am a huuuge fan of the 60's muscle cars!! and of course 55-57 chevy Bell-Air! yep you still see them once in a great while going down the street and a thick trail of blue pouring out from under the engine bay :P gotta love pre-emissions vehicles LOL I will have a 66 chevy nova one day! yes!
You all are so paranoid about catching oil and stuff.. Y all should keep all hoses tightly connections to confine blowby gas from escaping to the air we breath.. Little oil wont hurt your engine because oil still go past pistoins into combustion chamber anyway.. Y all are freaking iidots!! Keep air clean !!
@junkyardnut I get what you're saying man! I just use the catch can so I don't have to clean the intake manifold and run fuel injector cleaner personally, I could care less about emissions :P I even removed my cat because global warming is a joke!
@JoelsBackYard whatever as long as you dont release blowby gas into the atmosphere. Too many of us are "leaking" blowby gas through loose hose connections. Smog check technicians just do visual inspections without getting hands dirty feeling for tight connections. Car makers ought to redesign PCV systems so that the whole system is clearly visible and easy to maintain. Some PCV hoses are found right under hot exhaust manifolds which is utter stupidity on behalf of engineers!
With a oil catch can, your emissions will be better. It stops oil from being recycled and burned through your vehicles engine, excess oil burning = more hyrdocarbons in the exhaust. So therefore the air stays cleaner!
Smog check technicians never check for tight hose connections from end to end.. They usually do visual inspections , that is it... PCV is a "vaccuum cleaner" for the blowby gases coming out of the bottom of pistons with nowhere to go . Actually PCV is a "slow" vaccuum cleaner which means that tight connections of hoses all around is very vital to keep air clean on the streets.. Blow by gases is not pleasnt to breath.
@JoelsBackYard Do you know that pre 1964 cars dont have PCV ??? Before 1964, some sort of tin can and a vent were used to let out the blow by gases right out of the engine case.. like , you know, a chimey kind.. hahaha lol! it is true.. I am telling you this becaue you werent born back then. I was therer and done that.. lol.!
@JoelsBackYard Also some sort of steel wool or mesh were used to put inside the tin can to stop the sloppy oil or blowby gases from splattering out of the dtin can! LOoooooooooooooolllll!
How much oil have you captured with this? I understand that the oil mixed with egr gasses cause the main problem with the sludge buildup in the egr valve and passages. That's why if you decide to get a JDM engine to always check the egr tubes. The passages start getting clogged and they are very hard to clean.( My theory of why the Japanese get rid of their engines at 50 to 60k. ) The Pcv catch can should eliminate a lot of that sludge building up.
Its due to the requirement to get a shaken. No one maintains cars in Japan either - Mechanics are very expensive hence why all the older cars get exported for sale. Registration for older vehicles is very very expensive.
@sofranko102 yessiry, you can buy these in aluminum or whatever you like, I am just cheap so I used an old pickle jar, works just the same just more delicate I guess.
@Christopheranheather yes you actually will get a smidgen better gas mileage with this mod, it's only 1/4 to 1/2 a MPG but it's still something, on some cars it could be 1-2 and on big beasty engines it could be 1/8th of a MPG, it all depends, on a prius it's pretty good since it's such a sensitive engine taking the oil out of the intake and all that gunk sure helps!
@FORDGTFANATIC yeah that's what I do with the breather but I found out plugging off the PCV line on most newer cars, or even my 91 escort GT it throws the idle off and stumbles around, but yes I do vent the breather out, thanks for the idea though!!
@birtbernard yeah if the PCV valve was bad the PCV catch can would catch the oil, it is going to catch oil no matter what because the engine sucks the sludgy air into the intake, so the catch can stops your engine from breathing it's own dirty oil fumes, works good on the 2 cars I've installed it on so far!
@junkyardnut lol you know I actually did know that! :D I am a huuuge fan of the 60's muscle cars!! and of course 55-57 chevy Bell-Air! yep you still see them once in a great while going down the street and a thick trail of blue pouring out from under the engine bay :P gotta love pre-emissions vehicles LOL I will have a 66 chevy nova one day! yes!
JoelsBackYard 2 weeks ago
You all are so paranoid about catching oil and stuff.. Y all should keep all hoses tightly connections to confine blowby gas from escaping to the air we breath.. Little oil wont hurt your engine because oil still go past pistoins into combustion chamber anyway.. Y all are freaking iidots!! Keep air clean !!
junkyardnut 3 months ago
@junkyardnut I get what you're saying man! I just use the catch can so I don't have to clean the intake manifold and run fuel injector cleaner personally, I could care less about emissions :P I even removed my cat because global warming is a joke!
JoelsBackYard 3 months ago 3
@JoelsBackYard whatever as long as you dont release blowby gas into the atmosphere. Too many of us are "leaking" blowby gas through loose hose connections. Smog check technicians just do visual inspections without getting hands dirty feeling for tight connections. Car makers ought to redesign PCV systems so that the whole system is clearly visible and easy to maintain. Some PCV hoses are found right under hot exhaust manifolds which is utter stupidity on behalf of engineers!
junkyardnut 3 months ago
@junkyardnut
With a oil catch can, your emissions will be better. It stops oil from being recycled and burned through your vehicles engine, excess oil burning = more hyrdocarbons in the exhaust. So therefore the air stays cleaner!
tischlerbmw21 3 weeks ago
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Smog check technicians never check for tight hose connections from end to end.. They usually do visual inspections , that is it... PCV is a "vaccuum cleaner" for the blowby gases coming out of the bottom of pistons with nowhere to go . Actually PCV is a "slow" vaccuum cleaner which means that tight connections of hoses all around is very vital to keep air clean on the streets.. Blow by gases is not pleasnt to breath.
junkyardnut 3 months ago
You could put some steel wool. It helps collect oil
Prophet2525 3 months ago
@Prophet2525 hey that's not a bad idea! thanks for the tip that'd make it more efficient for sure! neat deal!
JoelsBackYard 3 months ago
@JoelsBackYard Do you know that pre 1964 cars dont have PCV ??? Before 1964, some sort of tin can and a vent were used to let out the blow by gases right out of the engine case.. like , you know, a chimey kind.. hahaha lol! it is true.. I am telling you this becaue you werent born back then. I was therer and done that.. lol.!
junkyardnut 3 weeks ago
@JoelsBackYard Also some sort of steel wool or mesh were used to put inside the tin can to stop the sloppy oil or blowby gases from splattering out of the dtin can! LOoooooooooooooolllll!
junkyardnut 3 weeks ago
How much oil have you captured with this? I understand that the oil mixed with egr gasses cause the main problem with the sludge buildup in the egr valve and passages. That's why if you decide to get a JDM engine to always check the egr tubes. The passages start getting clogged and they are very hard to clean.( My theory of why the Japanese get rid of their engines at 50 to 60k. ) The Pcv catch can should eliminate a lot of that sludge building up.
millen7 4 months ago
@millen7
Its due to the requirement to get a shaken. No one maintains cars in Japan either - Mechanics are very expensive hence why all the older cars get exported for sale. Registration for older vehicles is very very expensive.
bocky 4 months ago
@sofranko102 yessiry, you can buy these in aluminum or whatever you like, I am just cheap so I used an old pickle jar, works just the same just more delicate I guess.
JoelsBackYard 6 months ago
i wonder if you could get better gas milage out of it?
Christopheranheather 7 months ago
@Christopheranheather yes you actually will get a smidgen better gas mileage with this mod, it's only 1/4 to 1/2 a MPG but it's still something, on some cars it could be 1-2 and on big beasty engines it could be 1/8th of a MPG, it all depends, on a prius it's pretty good since it's such a sensitive engine taking the oil out of the intake and all that gunk sure helps!
JoelsBackYard 6 months ago
just vent it to the atmosphere...
FORDGTFANATIC 7 months ago
@FORDGTFANATIC yeah that's what I do with the breather but I found out plugging off the PCV line on most newer cars, or even my 91 escort GT it throws the idle off and stumbles around, but yes I do vent the breather out, thanks for the idea though!!
JoelsBackYard 7 months ago
Hi again I was trying to say oil. Thanks
birtbernard 8 months ago
Hey that's a cool setup you made let me ask you if the pcv valve was bad would go though the jug? Thanks
birtbernard 8 months ago
@birtbernard yeah if the PCV valve was bad the PCV catch can would catch the oil, it is going to catch oil no matter what because the engine sucks the sludgy air into the intake, so the catch can stops your engine from breathing it's own dirty oil fumes, works good on the 2 cars I've installed it on so far!
JoelsBackYard 8 months ago