Oil Catch Can setup
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The crankcase pressure that fills up my catch can at least half way with the nasty oil and water mixture in less than 5,000 miles.
The setup you suggested is a catch can too. The random container thing works but looks ghetto. I'm all for function over form but I'll spend $20 on an ebay catch can for the sake of not having to keep a stack of empty coke bottles in my garage And believe it or not a lot of people actually get the catch can for appearance purposes.
The setup you suggested is a catch can too. The random container thing works but looks ghetto. I'm all for function over form but I'll spend $20 on an ebay catch can for the sake of not having to keep a stack of empty coke bottles in my garage And believe it or not a lot of people actually get the catch can for appearance purposes.
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When using a catch can, I just replace the valve with a generic PCV valve from the parts store.
There is no need to run vacuum through the catch can. The only advantage to doing this would be longer intervals in draining the can, the primary job of the setup is to vent crankcase pressure. I feel it adds extra plumbing and increases the risk of vacuum leaks but if the car is daily driven it would be worthwhile.
Also the whole point of running a catch can is to keep the dirty oil/water mixture from being sent to the engine which causes carbon buildup and degrades the fuel octane level (more so than it already is with the OMP).
What crankcase pressure? This isn't a piston engine. Most of these old rotaries are so worn out and have so much blow by the oil is quickly contaminated with fuel. I wouldn't even bother with a catch can. Just run 5/8" fuel line from the center iron nipple to a soda bottle and wrap a rag and zip tie around the neck to serve as an air filter.
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Aaron, can you please comment on the routing in the pic provided.
I've been toying around with this for quite some time as I do need a catch tank of sorts but don't want to burn all the contaminents off. I'd rather capture them to be emptied. My idea consists of basically a double chamber tank. The first chamber if you will is fitted with a breather filter and is plumbed to the nipple on the center iron.
The nipple on the oil filter neck would be plumbed to the bottom of the second chamber. This chamber would be filled with a steel wool material and have a drain as well. This chamber would have a smaller sintered type filter on it. The second chamber is routed to the TID.
The theory is the vac created will circulate air through the crankcase but the steel wool will capture any crap in the second chamber and not allow it enter the intake.
I've been toying around with this for quite some time as I do need a catch tank of sorts but don't want to burn all the contaminents off. I'd rather capture them to be emptied. My idea consists of basically a double chamber tank. The first chamber if you will is fitted with a breather filter and is plumbed to the nipple on the center iron.
The nipple on the oil filter neck would be plumbed to the bottom of the second chamber. This chamber would be filled with a steel wool material and have a drain as well. This chamber would have a smaller sintered type filter on it. The second chamber is routed to the TID.
The theory is the vac created will circulate air through the crankcase but the steel wool will capture any crap in the second chamber and not allow it enter the intake.
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Since the contaminates are in vapour form, I don't know how well that would work. They would probably pass straight through the steel wool filter. What's wrong with burning the stuff off?
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The crap that's getting caught in my can right now isn't in vapor form, I believe that I also have oil sloshing up the oil filler on hard turns Regardless of how hard I push the car in a straight line, there seems to be minimal buildup in the can, as soon as I hit the backrds or the track, it's virtually overflowing. I also have other problems with such a cold running engine and the moisture that's in there so I need to address this.
There's nothing really wrong with burning the vapor as long as it's consistent. What I don't want to see happen is the intercooler become saturated with oil. Given the rate that I can fill the catch tank, it'll soak the intercooler rather quickly. Something that I'd like to avoid which is the reason for the double chamber and something to slow it down and catch it.
There's nothing really wrong with burning the vapor as long as it's consistent. What I don't want to see happen is the intercooler become saturated with oil. Given the rate that I can fill the catch tank, it'll soak the intercooler rather quickly. Something that I'd like to avoid which is the reason for the double chamber and something to slow it down and catch it.
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So when the upper nipple on the filler neck is connected to a vac source via a PCV valve, and the catch can is connected to the nipple on the center iron, no oil would be vented to the catch can while the car is running, correct? It would be sucked into the engine and burned? So I'm assuming the catch can would only collect excess oil once the car is shut off?
Also, wouldn't this setup act as a vacuum leak at idle? Even if air is drawn from the TID, it is still bypassing the throttle body, which seems like it would cause a high idle.
Also, wouldn't this setup act as a vacuum leak at idle? Even if air is drawn from the TID, it is still bypassing the throttle body, which seems like it would cause a high idle.
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oil catch can
Ok so one hose from center iron nipple to input on oil catch can and the ouput from oil catch can open.
But What happens with the hose that was connect it to the center iron nipple????
But What happens with the hose that was connect it to the center iron nipple????
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I have toyed with the catch can or no catch can theory for so long now. 🤦🏻♂️ i think im ready to finally install, but still not sure which way i want2 do it.
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There are quite a few threads on this topic, I would suggest trying to search since this has been covered.
You will basically end up running your catch can to the oil filler and/or the breathing tube on the engine block. Then the other hose on your can goes to atmosphere....
You will basically end up running your catch can to the oil filler and/or the breathing tube on the engine block. Then the other hose on your can goes to atmosphere....
Guy from the future here just to say it's always fun to land on these threads while actually doing a search and immediately see "why don't you do a search" lol
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It's also quite amusing when a thread lays out with exactly how something should be set up, complete with explanations why, and then there are a bunch of posts after that just saying "I stuck a hose on it and let it drip all over".
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