PCV hose replacement

[rpoL98]

on this one, I had to shorten the height for hood clearance. Obviously, the taller, the better.

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working in conjunction with a Moroso oil separator catch can.

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[JackE]

What is that on? I don't think I have ever seen Strut towers on a GMT400 before.

 

[rpoL98]

What is that on? I don't think I have ever seen Strut towers on a GMT400 before.

sorry, you're absolutely right, that's not on a GMT400. it's on an IROC. I was just trying to show the concept of the valve-cover mounted oil separator, in series with the catch can oil separator. I'm working on fabricating one for my '97 454 dually, but that's the vehicle I drive the least, so, lower priority. I'll post pics of that one when it's done, maybe substitute it for the IROC pics above.

 

[JackE]

No problem, I thought I had just maybe missed the GMT unicorn or something!

 

[454cid]

F-body?

No problem, I thought I had just maybe missed the GMT unicorn or something!

McPherson strut conversion... it's the newest thing

I didn't think about the strut towers until I looked closer at the brace.

 

[Schurkey]

If a mod servers your desired purpose, it was worth it IMO.

This assumes the "desired purpose" is both legal and rational.

Flat-out misunderstanding how an engine works, what it's byproducts are, and not having enough sense to choose the least expensive (in terms of both money and expended effort) solution to a perceived problem (ESPECIALLY if that perception is based on one or more misunderstandings) is not rational. It's misguided and juvenile.

But, hey. If it can be chrome-plated, who cares. Bling Above All.

 

[454cid]

But, hey. If it can be chrome-plated, who cares. Bling Above All.

LOL, at a car show I went to years ago, a plating shop had a chrome plated brick to demonstrate their abilities.

 

[Jared Jackson]

This assumes the "desired purpose" is both legal and rational.

Flat-out misunderstanding how an engine works, what it's byproducts are, and not having enough sense to choose the least expensive (in terms of both money and expended effort) solution to a perceived problem (ESPECIALLY if that perception is based on one or more misunderstandings) is not rational. It's misguided and juvenile.

But, hey. If it can be chrome-plated, who cares. Bling Above All.

This is a new one... catch cans are now childish? Either you are cool with the vapors getting into your intake or you install a device to help cut down on the amount of oil vapor getting into your intake. It's just up to the owner on what they want to do.

 

[Schurkey]

This is a new one... catch cans are now childish? Either you are cool with the vapors getting into your intake or you install a device to help cut down on the amount of oil vapor getting into your intake. It's just up to the owner on what they want to do.

Multi-millions of vehicles (practically ALL of them!) get by just fine with "oil vapors" getting into the intake manifold. Nobody eats off the inside of their intake manifold. Some soot or hydrocarbon residue does ZERO damage until it's thick enough to plug EGR passages or somesuch; and that takes tens if not hundreds of thousands of miles. Yes, when I took the intake off my 90,000 mile engine, I gave it a bath in the solvent tank. I did NOT go crying into the wilderness looking for a catch-can. And the deposits in the manifold were NOT causing any problems--the head gasket failed between #3 and #5, it wasn't an oil-vapor issue at all.

If your vehicle is choking on "oil vapors", it's because you have faulty OEM baffling, or you have excess blow-by, or you have some other FIXABLE fault you haven't found (yet).

A catch-can is not a substitute for proper baffles, and it's not a substitute for good ring seal.

Yes, a catch-can is childish. FIX THE REAL PROBLEM, don't invent a band-aid to cover-up the real problem. And don't fail to understand that normal PCV action causes no problem that needs solving.

 

[rpoL98]

the oil separator I built contains perforated sheet metal baffles. the steel wool also improves the effectiveness. those are more effective than the baffles that were OEM built in my 70's, 80's, and 90's vehicle. maybe i should just go with a road draft tube, after all, that's OEM also. I did consider that, but I'd rather recover the oil, because I'm cheap, not green. Not green by a long shot.

and OBTW, I did retain the PCV valve.

and I'm sorry but I don't have a solvent tank, being really space constrained and "poor", but I got tired of having to deal with oil-covered interiors of intake manifolds when it comes time to swap intakes and improve performance, so I decided to invent something that actually worked. just sharing what I learned with those that are interested. if you're not, please flip to the next thread.

Sorry if that offends your sensibilities. chrissake!