Interesting oil consumption issue

[tom4bren]

Catch can arrived over the weekend.

It's pretty good for what I paid for it ... but ... I can see now where the big price break comes in. This one has no baffle screens in it. They are supposed to keep the liguid oil from entering the combustion chamber. With the length of hoses I installed, the screens aren't necessary. I think most/all of the liquids will condense on the inside of the hoses and either drip back into the valve covers or into the catch can.

I bolted it to the side of the airbox so I had to use more tubing than what came with the kit but it's out of the way and convenient for emptying if/when needed.

BTW, I looked on the inside of the valve cover that we removed from Boy's Ebony. There is a plate that runs the entire length of the valve cover under the PCV port. That's a good thang/bad thang. The good thing is that there is no oil splashing up into the PCV from the lifters. The bad thing is that it is a huge flat, level surface area to accumulate gunk which could be picked up into the PCV. It's a poor design but not worth the trouble of modifying since the catch can is such an easy/cheap alternative.

[blacksambo]

Catch can arrived over the weekend.

It's pretty good for what I paid for it ... but ... I can see now where the big price break comes in. This one has no baffle screens in it. They are supposed to keep the liguid oil from entering the combustion chamber. With the length of hoses I installed, the screens aren't necessary. I think most/all of the liquids will condense on the inside of the hoses and either drip back into the valve covers or into the catch can.

I bolted it to the side of the airbox so I had to use more tubing than what came with the kit but it's out of the way and convenient for emptying if/when needed.

BTW, I looked on the inside of the valve cover that we removed from Boy's Ebony. There is a plate that runs the entire length of the valve cover under the PCV port. That's a good thang/bad thang. The good thing is that there is no oil splashing up into the PCV from the lifters. The bad thing is that it is a huge flat, level surface area to accumulate gunk which could be picked up into the PCV. It's a poor design but not worth the trouble of modifying since the catch can is such an easy/cheap alternative.

Let us know how it works.

[tom4bren]

Let us know how it works.

Day one = no oil consumption

I'll keep an eye on things this week & let you know if I need to add any oil. I was using about a quart a week (VERY irregular consumption though). Only time will tell. Happy to keep you posted though since ifn it works, it'll be replicated onto both VehiCri.

[tom4bren]

After a week, I'd say that my oil consumption is about 1/2 of what it was before. I'll keep checking it though & post longer term results.