PCV Oil Catch Can, see what your engine is burning!

[ZL1power69]

if you constantly let the filter get submerged in oil and what not it could clog. if you empty it before then, the filter should not clog. you can try to clean the filter every so often but i personally never had much luck doing so. i forgot you just swapped engines. I believe what you are experiencing is normal. When i first installed it on my old truck, the catch can filled rapidly for a week or so, then it would fill very gradually from then on. Other people have experienced the same thing. On my current truck, after the first week or two, i had to empty it once. Since then it has never gotten passed 1/4 of the way full.

[Eslhockey92g]

sounds good thanks, yea i hit the filter with some brake clean and it whitened up some so i figure ill be fine as long as i dont let it do

[seeknstrike]

good info

[laxman21]

I put one in my Burb and will do the blazer next

[ZL1power69]

looks like a nice install. i'm assuming thats a 350. post pics of your blazer's install also.

[laxman21]

Originally Posted by ZL1power69

looks like a nice install. i'm assuming thats a 350. post pics of your blazer's install also.

You assume correctly!


I'll get to the blazer in a few weeks.

I did the burb because we are taking a road trip to FLA.

[BlazerLT]

Originally Posted by laxman21

I put one in my Burb and will do the blazer next

That is a wrong install.

It has to go to the intake, not the oil fill tube.

Your setup will do nothing other than impregnate the oil with fuel and raise crackcase pressures.

All you did was install a pointless loop.

[comp]

how many have had less oil burn/usage ????

[blazee]

Originally Posted by BlazerLT

That is a wrong install.

It has to go to the intake, not the oil fill tube.

Your setup will do nothing other than impregnate the oil with fuel and raise crackcase pressures.

All you did was install a pointless loop.

It looks like he rotated the hard plastic tube from the intake that previously went to the PCV valve, and now the hose connects to that tube. The connection appears to be hidden by the filler pipe, and not connected to the filler pipe itself.

[BlazerLT]

Originally Posted by comp

how many have had less oil burn/usage ????

This isn't meant to stop oil usage, it is just stopping it from gumming up the intake.

[BlazerLT]

Originally Posted by blazee

It looks like he rotated the hard plastic tube from the intake that previously went to the PCV valve, and now the hose connects to that tube. The connection appears to be hidden by the filler pipe, and not connected to the filler pipe itself.

Ah, I hope that is the case.

[comp]

Originally Posted by BlazerLT

This isn't meant to stop oil usage, it is just stopping it from gumming up the intake.

i'd think it would help some that have blowby problems

[Skymac]

How often should one change his pcv valce?

[comp]

Originally Posted by Skymac

How often should one change his pcv valce?

i do it with the air filter

[BlazerLT]

Originally Posted by comp

i do it with the air filter

Or once a year.