PCV Oil Catch Can Q
Discussion
I'm thinking of fitting an oil catch can to the car in order to try and increase longevity, performance, efficiency and reduce emissions. I'm just wondering if it's worth the circa £100 to get one. My car is not thursty on oil but every little helps. Anyone had any experience with these items that could offer advice? There's several places in Oz & the USA to get them, or indeed people appear to making their own. Is one oil catch can pretty much the same as another?
As a bit of background reading, here's what an oil catch can does:
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The CS Performance Catch Can is a stainless steel oil/air separator designed to fit the LS1 engine.
Most engines create excess air during the normal cumbustion process and engine manufacturers have developed various ways of relieving this build up of air.
The factory setup on the LS1 plumbs excess air in the crank case (created during normal engine operation) from the top of the rocker covers through a PCV (positive crankcase vetilation) valve and back into the induction flow via the throttle body.
This system works well enough but a problem occurs when air being drawn back into the engine is contaminated with oil particles and coats the inside of the throttle body and manifold with oil residue dampening performance.
The CS Performance Catch Can is plumbed into the existing PCV system and separates the oil from the contaminated air before it enters the throttle body. The excess oil is collected in a resovoir where it can be monitored and drained as required.
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As a bit of background reading, here's what an oil catch can does:
[quote=csperformance]
The CS Performance Catch Can is a stainless steel oil/air separator designed to fit the LS1 engine.
Most engines create excess air during the normal cumbustion process and engine manufacturers have developed various ways of relieving this build up of air.
The factory setup on the LS1 plumbs excess air in the crank case (created during normal engine operation) from the top of the rocker covers through a PCV (positive crankcase vetilation) valve and back into the induction flow via the throttle body.
This system works well enough but a problem occurs when air being drawn back into the engine is contaminated with oil particles and coats the inside of the throttle body and manifold with oil residue dampening performance.
The CS Performance Catch Can is plumbed into the existing PCV system and separates the oil from the contaminated air before it enters the throttle body. The excess oil is collected in a resovoir where it can be monitored and drained as required.
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