Provent 200 element

[Billy lll]

Hi everyone,
I have a 2010 ZD30 DDTi common rail. 150,000 km, fully synthetic 5W40 oil since 40,000. I have installed a Provent 200 catch can. After only 1,700 km there is considerable oil saturation of the element. Is this normal, or is the engine showing sign of too much blow by ? Do these things still breath properly when the element is completely saturated ? I have also heard of a restrictor in the breather hose on some models, any info about that, what it does, what does it look like ? Is it compensating for another Nissan design failure ? Seems odd to put a ' restrictor ' in a breather hose.

[jack]

My Patrol has done about 130,000 and I added a Provent about 2000km ago. Checked it regularly and very clean, I was actually starting to wonder if it was blocked or something (it’s not).
Actually looks dirtier in the picture than it is.

[Billy lll]

Thanks for the images Jack. Your element looks way cleaner at 2000 km than mine at 1700 km. My element actually gets oil pooling on the top plastic flange ( where the 'o' ring is )You can just see that in my photo. Yours looks 'dry' on top ? Is that the case ? Perhaps l have too much blow by ? Can you tell what type of engine oil you use ? Maybe that makes a difference. Cheers

[jack]

Hi Billy, top is not dry but has a very light film on it. When I look into the inlet tube of the catch can I can see a little oil pooled in there but minimal.
Currently using Penrite HPR DIESEL 10 10W-40 (Semi Syn.).