$30 Oil Catch Can, DIY

[yrsdrgn]

newbie question: what does this help improve?

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[the_boss]

Originally Posted by yrsdrgn

newbie question: what does this help improve?

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[joey1320]

Originally Posted by the_boss

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any oil that escapes pass the pcv will make it into the intake manifold. the catch can is there to clean the oil off of the airwaves and keep your intake manifold clean.

definitely an easy/good thing to do to your engine.

[Pavel Olavich]

Originally Posted by joey1320

any oil that escapes pass the pcv will make it into the intake manifold. the catch can is there to clean the oil off of the airwaves and keep your intake manifold clean.

definitely an easy/good thing to do to your engine.

So it keeps oil from the intake manifold...so what? How is this good? The oil simply gets burned, right? How is this so bad? Sorry if I sounds ignorant, but perhaps someone can enlighten me?

[churp]

Originally Posted by Pavel Olavich

So it keeps oil from the intake manifold...so what? How is this good? The oil simply gets burned, right? How is this so bad? Sorry if I sounds ignorant, but perhaps someone can enlighten me?

Pavel....I'll try to answer this, the intake manifolds purpose is to flow air as efficiently as possible, with excess oil getting in the intake it will slowly get an oily/sludgy buildup. Since the manufacturer isn't too concerned, it will probably not be a problem for 99.9% of car owners.....just a matter of how concerned a person is. (Could be more to it but think this is the main idea.)

[jdium]

Originally Posted by churp

Since the manufacturer isn't too concerned, it will probably not be a problem for 99.9% of car owners.....just a matter of how concerned a person is. (Could be more to it but think this is the main idea.)

In other words, some people just like to modify things

This save a little pollution. But so does many other things that nobody will think about or sacrifice. Any one in here giving up beans because they add to green house gasses? This is about the same amount of annual savings. Recycle ONE extra aluminum can and forget about this. More benefits

[Chris07LB]

Weird. This is always an issue on both my supercharged Fords, never thought it would be as bad on this lil 4 banger.

[WD-40]

Toyota has had many issues with sludge ..
Google "Toyota sludge" ... select images, you'll see a wide variety of damage caused by sludge.
Go to this link and read about it http://yotarepair.com/Sludge_Zone.html
Now I'm not saying that Toyota hasn't solved the problem, but I agree with OgreDude's solution, better safe then sorry.
The oil that is now captured was destined to go into the intake and burned off, so worst case now is that we save a bit of pollution from occurring.