PCV catch can how to

Just a how to on making yourself a PCV catch can for any vehicle really, this happens to be the 99 F150 with the 4.2 in it but the principle works on any car that has an external PCV valve, I know on GM 3.8's with the composite intake it would be much harder if not even at all possible to do this mod, but I'm sure there is a way ;)

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• PCV catch can
• 4.2 F150
• PCV filter

[JoelsBackYard]

@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!

[junkyardnut]

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 !!

[JoelsBackYard]

@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!

[Prophet2525]

You could put some steel wool. It helps collect oil

[JoelsBackYard]

@Prophet2525 hey that's not a bad idea! thanks for the tip that'd make it more efficient for sure! neat deal!

[carribean660]

wow your seriously cheap dude.I'm just saying



[junkyardnut]

@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]

@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.!

[tischlerbmw21]

@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!

[junkyardnut]

@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!