Try $169 each from Vast Performance! Although they are beautiful, I will stick with my Jeggs rebranded one which I can see if it needs draining.
Steve
installed a oil seperator on my 80
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Try $169 each from Vast Performance! Although they are beautiful, I will stick with my Jeggs rebranded one which I can see if it needs draining.
Steve
It depends on driving conditions
I change my oil every 3-5000k and I usually dump it then and it can be from half to almost full.
I use one of the lowes or home depot small seperators their all the same
My PCV Valve is fairly new with about 8k on it
I change my oil every 3-5000k and I usually dump it then and it can be from half to almost full.
I use one of the lowes or home depot small seperators their all the same
My PCV Valve is fairly new with about 8k on it
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Guessing roughly 3-6 oz. I haven't really measured, I emptied mid-oil change and at the oil change since I wasn't sure how much these would catch at first & I didn't want it to overflow. However, I recently went from 3k to 5k mile synthetic oil changes due to $$$, so i'll start tracking it a little better and report back.
Either way, since 1 Ounce [Fluid, US] = 0.03125 Quarts [US], it adds up to alot of oil caught over the life of the engine. For example, at the time I added these catch cans, I had 196,000 on the odometer. Assuming that these catch roughly 1 oz per 1,000 miles, as my rough observation has yielded, I had built up residue of 6.125 quarts of oil blow by flowing through my intake prior to cleaning. Thats 1.531 Gallons!!!!!
It resulted in 2-3mm of residule gunk in various places in the intake & throttle body. So roughly 1 mm of gunk per 100,000 miles.
So for all you tree huggers, there is greener benefit of doing this too. Less hydrocarbons!
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Try $169 each from Vast Performance! Although they are beautiful, I will stick with my Jeggs rebranded one which I can see if it needs draining.
Steve
Steve, which one did you get from Jeggs? (or dd you already specify and I missed it?)
Steve, which one did you get from Jeggs? (or dd you already specify and I missed it?)
JEGS Performance Products 52205 JEGS Air Oil Separator
$46.99. Skipped using the mount, just cut and placed in the center of the PCV line.
Steve
Sounds like a worthwhile mod, but...
How did you get those numbers? If you have 1 oz of blow by per 1k miles, than in 196,000 miles you missed 196 oz of blow-by. 196 oz divided by 32 oz (the size of 1 quart)= 6.125 quarts, not 1531 gallons or 30 barrels of oil.
Don't let him do your taxes
For me it is not so much about how much oil it catches
It is the fact that this junk is not going into my intake that makes me happy
It is the fact that this junk is not going into my intake that makes me happy
Yeah, even a couple of quarts of oil going through the intake is a nasty thought.
You are correct sir! Some how that decimal turned into a comma and I didn't catch it & I just rolled with it.
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TrickyT
Hate that mud...
I'm impressed. I have to bypass my oil catch can when I go in for my bi-annual smog inspection. No matter that I'm burning less oil vapor and making cleaner exhaust - the hose "wiring" doesn't match the sticker on the inside of the hood and they fail me on visual inspection. But I know I'm burning less oil, and that's definitely good for both my truck and the atmosphere.
I can't help but say it, it's been burning me for a few posts now... 
I'm no greenie, but not having the oil be burned in the engine doesn't mean it's necessarily better for the environment. That would depend on what you do with the oil you collect, I imagine...
(And no, don't even think about doing something with it involving the Sierra Club...
)
I'm no greenie, but not having the oil be burned in the engine doesn't mean it's necessarily better for the environment. That would depend on what you do with the oil you collect, I imagine...
(And no, don't even think about doing something with it involving the Sierra Club...
)
I can't help but say it, it's been burning me for a few posts now...
I'm no greenie, but not having the oil be burned in the engine doesn't mean it's necessarily better for the environment. That would depend on what you do with the oil you collect, I imagine...
(And no, don't even think about doing something with it involving the Sierra Club...
I would just recycle it with my used engine oil after an oil change.
I stopped by my closest Harbor Freight (Pasadena) today to pickup a couple of oil separators. They were on sale for $2.99 ea. Strangely enough they were out of them & the hose barbs. 
Did you guys clean them out? 
I'll have to try Lowes & Home Depot.
Did you guys clean them out? I'll have to try Lowes & Home Depot.
I suppose that it all depends on where you put them, how you route the hoses, how non-discreet your set up looks & ultimately how anal your smog station is.
Mine are in the rear corners of the engine compartment with all the tubing routed discretely. The smog station attendant never mentioned a thing & my DLC connector has been re-mounted right next to the throttle body side catch can.
I guess if you have something that looks like it doesn't belong in a car that it will send up red flags. Try and mount yours in a more discreet location.
What the hec, I will chime in too. Installed last night. Drove to work about 40+ miles this morning and the filter got light brown (not dark) like tea color. Is it suppose to catch all the oil that comes through the hose? Can you wash the filter or should replace it often? I am wondering whether or not I should go for the oil filter catch can setup 
. Installed last night. Drove to work about 40+ miles this morning and the filter got light brown (not dark) like tea color. Is it suppose to catch all the oil that comes through the hose? Can you wash the filter or should replace it often? I am wondering whether or not I should go for the oil filter catch can setup 
Is this just a good idea for TLC owners to do? Is there an OEM part or no?
