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Catch can - results after 1,000 miles (1 Viewer)
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Looks cooler under the hood?
Mine's gone 250k miles just fine without one
Mine's gone 250k miles just fine without one
I think the idea is to reduce the amount of oil being recirculated into the intake and mucking it up.
OP do you leave the pcv valve installed and run the hose from it?
Oil Catch Cans: The Complete Guide
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If you did this early in an engines life it could help long term. Slapping it on an old rig? Idk that I'd bother.
A small reduction in the volume of oil vapors that get pulled into the intake, so goes the theory.
A very small side benefit might be that it removes fuel and water that would otherwise be in the oil. This has to be proven with lab analysis for each engine, imo. On a 2UZ, I suspect very, very little change to the chemistry of the engine oil. Folks have sent out labs on just the catch can oil *of other engines* and found that there's only a tiny difference in chemistry of what's caught in the can.
But I'd love to be proven wrong with a small set of blackstone data on some 2uz engines.
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Don’t use steel wool, use those metal SOS pads
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Unsure, could be a dirty China can of metal in the line from where I pulled the hose from aka bucket of bolts. I’ll know more next time I
Think of this as a vitamin for your motor. Less oil being sucked into your motor reducing your octane and gumming up your intake manifold. There is ZERO downsides and only ups. Just because you haven’t done it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t, that’s foolish thinking.
Does not affect oil consumption. It is simply catching oil vapor that would have gone into your intake manifold to be burned (as best it can be) in the engine cylinders.
I only see Soap Pads that doesnt seem like a good idea if there is soap in there
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You would be loosing the same amount of oil as the captured oil would be sent through the intake to be burned off
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Ahh ok I understand now. Is the objective to help cool down the vapors and condense into liquid form? Does that work?
Does a charcoal filter do something similar?
It simply gives the oil vapor something to cling to as it cools and is less restrictive than some of the filters that come in 'some' oil separators.
A copper 'scrub pad' is what I used...but anything similar will work.
I may have been one of the first to post up picture of the aluminum intake manifold split open. Showing the oil that had collected in the pockets. I wondered how much was from me using sea-foam fogger. Based on what OP posting in just 1K miles in his CC, it must have been just oil!
Interest 2UZ is know for not using oil between changes. In fact sometimes I think level has gone up in 5K miles.
Interest 2UZ is know for not using oil between changes. In fact sometimes I think level has gone up in 5K miles.
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I may have been one of the first to post up picture of the aluminum intake manifold split open. Showing the oil that had collected in the pockets. I wondered how much was from me use sea-foam fogger. Based on what OP posting in just 1K miles in his CC, it must of been just oil!
Interest 2UZ is know for not using oil between changes. If fact sometimes I think level has gone up in 5K miles.
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Yes, I was just having a conversation with another Forum Member this morning about the 2UZ-FE engine.
It is well known for at least 3 things.
- Longevity (will run for many, many miles)
- Tend to run on the cool side (often not much more than 190°F-195°F
- They are easy on oil (don't consume much, don't contaminate/break it down much)
I'd have to say my 1UZ-FE fits right along with this. 221k on the ticker and I never have to top it up.
My sister, on the other hand, has a 2008 Lexus GS350 in really excellent shape... But it burns quite a bit of oil. The low oil light comes on about once every two months. The 2GR just ain't a UZ.
I curious as to what oil brand, type and W oil you use?
