Damn Oil!!

[Ldub]

Trekky, IIRC there are 3 rings on our pistons.
The top ring seals compression in the cylinders.
The bottom ring controls oil on the cylinder walls.
The middle ring is multipurpose - it does a bit of each.

So, it is possible to have excessive blowby without being an oil burner, and vice-versa.

PK

X a factor of 2...

I've gutted my PCV system, & it now flows freely into a catch can, which is vented into the air box, with zero reduction in oil consumption.

[Ebenezr]

X a factor of 2...

I've gutted my PCV system, & it now flows freely into a catch can, which is vented into the air box, with zero reduction in oil consumption.

This is an interesting idea Dub. I thoughtof running my pcv down into a canning jar with some kind of filter and then back out again to the intake. I dea being the oil would be filtered out and fill the jar.

[Ldub]

This is an interesting idea Dub. I thoughtof running my pcv down into a canning jar with some kind of filter and then back out again to the intake. I dea being the oil would be filtered out and fill the jar.

That's what I thought too...

The strange thing is, there is plenty of evidence that there is oil being forced from the valve covers. There is always an accumulation inside the air filter box.
But I've never seen any accumulation in the catch can....

It's either travelling so fast as a mist, that it goes right through the can, or something came loose inside the can, or I need to add more steel wool as a baffle.

Gonna have to look into it come spring...

Lastly...find yourself a nice aluminium container...I think that a glass jar would be kinda sketchy under the hood.