Installing catch can - location question

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7th October 2015, 03:55 PM
SiberianPatrol

Installing catch can - location question

I'm in a bit of a dilemma with installing my Provent 200 catch can. My PCV valve is located on the back of the engine with the hose running around to the right side (passenger side for the Aussies) and into the intake.

Problem I'm having is that there is no room on the right side of the engine to mount it, so it has to go on the left. This puts it inline before the PCV valve. Is this a problem? Should I try to install it after the PCV valve, pre-valve or bypass the valve completely?

If I install it post-PCV, it will take a lot of extra hose to get it routed correctly. Anyone have any advice? It's getting pretty cramped under the hood on my 2.8.

1999 GU RD28Ti turbo diesel; manual transmission; 33" Khumo mudders; ... more mods on the way ;)
7th October 2015, 05:50 PM
Bloodyaussie

Not as many on here with the 2.8 so hard to picture what is needed without pics mate. .

Maybe someone with a 2.8 will get on.?
7th October 2015, 06:34 PM
SiberianPatrol

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie

Not as many on here with the 2.8 so hard to picture what is needed without pics mate. .

Maybe someone with a 2.8 will get on.?

I'll get some pics uploaded here soon of the engine day.

1999 GU RD28Ti turbo diesel; manual transmission; 33" Khumo mudders; ... more mods on the way ;)
8th October 2015, 12:54 AM
SiberianPatrol

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2015/10/89.jpg http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2015/10/90.jpg

Here's some pix of how crowded my engine bay is. I may have found a place under the air intake hose, but I have to fabricate a bracket for it. Can't seem to find much of any other place to put it.
8th October 2015, 06:17 AM
MEGOMONSTER

Installing catch can - location question

I know lm a lot newer and a 3lt but I could only fit mine in front of the engine behind the grill. http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2015/10/91.jpg
8th October 2015, 01:15 PM
SiberianPatrol

Thanks Mega! You must be crowded to fit that on the front. Unfortunately on the 2.8, I don't even have that much room between my grill and radiator.
8th October 2015, 01:22 PM
Bloodyaussie

I made a bracket and mine site between the fuel filter and the power steering pump.
8th October 2015, 01:38 PM
SiberianPatrol

I'm going to have to make a bracket as well. I think I found a spot close to the air filter box which will work. It shouldn't be in the way there. In all of this one of my questions wasn't answered - does it have to be installed post-PCV? or can it tie into the hose before the PCV valve?