GTSSportCoupe
2LTE abuser
If pressure was getting past the valve guides, I'd imagine that oil would be passing back the other way and you'd see/smell it.
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...but I work in a diesel repair place & when you buy an engine rebuild kit for a toyota 2lt or 3l from Engine Australia ,they recommend using a PCV Oil Resrtictor P/N.1222954070 that is a genuine toyota part that just gets pressed into the breather.
Considering that in my case the factory diameter was creating too much restriction and causing the turbo drain to back up and not drain properly a unit like this would cause just more problems. This weekend I will try running it with the wastegate open and see if there is less visible vapour. I will also find a way of fitting the factory 2LT valve cover on (with the higher set vent) to see if that makes a difference. I keep going back to the design of them, The L, and 2L have low valve covers, yet as soon as they introduced a turbo they changed the valve cover and raised the breather way up. That can't be a coincidence, they must have encountered the same or similar issues or oil being splashed or force up - for whatever reason - and they chose this as a way of dealing with it. So does the 2LT inherently have too much blowby? What would happen if you put a 2L valve cover on a 2LT? would you be gushing oil out the breather the way I am right now?A different thread over there indicates that this restrictor drops the valve cover vent's internal diameter from 12mm to 9mm. The only thing I can think of is that it creates higher internal crankcase pressure which will force more oil out of suspension in the crankcase air.
The common reasons for crankcase pressure are rings and occasionally turbo seals. It might be leaking at the valves but the pressure finds the path of least resistance so as soon as the valves are open it goes through the exhaust chamber and out the pipe. So even at TDC, if the valve seat is leaking the pressure would start heading out the exhaust, or intake, ports. The chance it's coming up the seal is smaller.
The turbo does offer resistance but at idle it shouldn't cause that much ....could it?
I could see that being an issue under load, especially when the turbo is close to fully spooled. I guess that's when turbo seals would leak pressure into the oil system? Well off for a drive to see if it's any better.
Does anyone have a 2LT and is experiencing high pressure in their crankcase? or venting a lot when you pull the cap off?