Originally Posted by shan-747
Unless you can get one dirt cheep and modify it, looks hard to modify with that screw in filter bit and for 123$ deliverd I'd be going the Provent or keep looking.
Unless you can get one dirt cheep and modify it, looks hard to modify with that screw in filter bit and for 123$ deliverd I'd be going the Provent or keep looking.
The stuff caught in the catch can is not only oil mist but also blow by from combustion. Not something you would want to add to your oil.
Here's a pic of mine
Didn't come with the divider, so I made one and used green scouring pad material as the filter element. Works a treat. The input hose is a lot dirtier than the exhaust hose.
Last edited by Parksy; 27th January 2014 at 11:48 AM.
megatexture (27th January 2014)
Yep that like my can only mines round and I took the divider to 10mm off the bottom,The stuff caught in the catch can is not only oil mist but also blow by from combustion. Not something you would want to add to your oil.
Here's a pic of mine
Didn't come with the divider, so I made one and used green scouring pad material as the filter element. Works a treat. The input hose is a lot dirtier than the exhaust hose.
Have you opened it up to check the condition of the scourer since fitting? I'd be concerned about using that stuff more so then the steel wool
The scouring stuff works a treat! No problems with it what so ever. I fitted some fancy looking catch cans to my xr8 which had the green stuff as filter media and I was able to easily remove it and soak it in petrol and reuse it. Used it for years with no dramas.
What about a calbir one from supercheap?
A mate had a sca can and it has a little hose on the side of it as a level indicator and the hose went hard and split but other than the hoses it was a cheap buy
Don't want to be nitpicking your statement right there but how do you keep the "blow-by" gases out of the engine oil exactly mate?
The fact is you can't as it gets in the oil before any "catch can" can do anything about it. The emission part of the crank case ventilation is also called "closed"(recirculated back in to intake manifold) for a reason and not "open" (vented in to atmosphere).
That is also one of the reasons for the engine oil contamination as well, the blow-by gases you can't keep out in the catch can to paraphrase your statement.
The other part of the CCV (closed crankcase ventilation) is the cheap and inefective oil trap used by car engines manufacturers at the hose outlet in the rocker cover which are suppose to keep the oil out of the blow by gases mix as we all know burning oil affects/contributes the exhaust emissions.
Hopefully WV diesel gate will force the car/engine makers to introduce more effective oil separators (catch cans) like the truck engines makers have to do now!
Why car makers are so hell bent at avoiding this issue is beyond me perhaps the ever shrinking margins are responsible.
Every car on the planet with petrol or diesel be atmo or charged induction variety has this problem and car makers are ignoring it cheerfully and wilfully. It affects engine performance, emissions, maintenance etc.
This just shows that industry can't be trusted to be selfregulating itself or allowed to flaunt/cheat the government tests.
Cheers
Last edited by Rumcajs; 3rd October 2015 at 02:07 PM.
Use stainless steel wool
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote