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Gradenko Mentor

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Originally posted by INASNT

ok so if i join the 2 lines off the cam covers with a T piece into 1 of the inlets and then from the other port on the can to the intake it will work properly!

Depends, is the interior of your can hollow or filled with filtering material (stainless mesh etc). If its hollow, hooking it up like you said would be as good as not having one.... oil vapours in -> oil vapours out.

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Could i - In theory, Block the hose that goes to the intake altogether?

Yep, I've done so with a suitably sized brass bolt from pirtek. Only thing left to do is hang a filter off the free cam cover pipe or connect it to a vented container. The cam covers can't be blocked off altogether, it needs to be able to release any pressure build up.

The engine doesn't need any oil in the intake, we're not driving rotaries here. :( Macka, adam32 (i think), deesh and myself have diy jobbies. Ask us at the next cruise.

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but remember theres 2 types of catchcans, some just catch the oil and then u have to empty it,these are basically empty containers which are easy to make, these have to have some sort of breather, the little filters are really good for this as when u just have holes in the top it can sometimes splash out, then theres the catchcans that filter the oil inside it,which kinda have sections in it, inasnt if i was u id drill a hole in the top get a fitting maybe 1/4" and screw it in,then put the filter on top of that,would only cost ya 3 bucks for the fitting and 10bucks for the little filter, there actually little pod filters there cool

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Turbomad - my intlet track is the same - zero oil in it, so it'd be pointless for me to install one too.

Yet 2 friends with turbo cars both hae oily inlet tracks....

Strange... Does the oil come from the turbo leaking oil around the bearings or does it come from the crank case brething up into the cam covers and then out that way??

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Well I guess it can come from both, seeing as our Skylines are still farely new low km cars it's unlikely that boost will slip past the rings pressurising the sump and forcing oil out the rocker, this is mainly a problem with cars running very high boost.

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inasnt

i made mine myself and mine is exactly the same as yours except it has a filter/breather on top and a drain plug at the bottom to empty it when the level gets too high.

this type of design is so much simpler than a plumb back design to the sump or filtered air back to the intake and so much easier to make and install.

and the benefits are exactly the same: no oil in the intake, reducing the chance for detonation.

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inasnt

i made mine myself and mine is exactly the same as yours except it has a filter/breather on top and a drain plug at the bottom to empty it when the level gets too high.

this type of design is so much simpler than a plumb back design to the sump or filtered air back to the intake and so much easier to make and install.

and the benefits are exactly the same: no oil in the intake, reducing the chance for detonation.

so u r running both the cam cover ventilations to the catch can?

there r about 3 ways to set it up, not sure which one i am gonna do.

Have u found much oil in the catch can they way u have yours setup?

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Venting to atmo is the easiest way to set up yes, but it's not legal, I got a canary on my vl turbo for that setup.

INASNT the hose was fairly cheap can't remember how much, it's funny I pulled the BOV off the other day and there was some oil around there but not in the catch can, maybe it was always there from before I fitted the can, don't know.

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Originally posted by turbomad

Venting to atmo is the easiest way to set up yes, but it's not legal, I got a canary on my vl turbo for that setup.  

INASNT the hose was fairly cheap can't remember how much, it's funny I pulled the BOV off the other day and there was some oil around there but not in the catch can, maybe it was always there from before I fitted the can, don't know.

well i got canaried on friday night! :D

he asked what the catch can was even tho i didnt have it connected and said i couldnt have it there, even tho he didnt now wtf it was.

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That's a beauty canary's for an empty container not connected to anything haha! How did you go with the roadworthy? Did they pick on your pod too?

he didnt actually write down the catch can on the canary form!

I went today to get it checked by roadworthy place and guess what, i dont have to change any of the crap the cop wrote down! :lol:

COPS DONT KNOW SHIT WAS THE GENERAL THOUGHTS OF THE GUYS THAT WORKED THERE!!

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INASNT - wouldn't it be tempting to take the paperwork to that cop and show him that you didn't need to change anything to pass, just to prove to him he has no idea :lol:

But then I suppose he would pick on you evertime he see's you :D

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INASNT - wouldn't it be tempting to take the paperwork to that cop and show him that you didn't need to change anything to pass, just to prove to him he has no idea :lol:

But then I suppose he would pick on you evertime he see's you :D

i was thinking more along the lines of taking my roadworthy certificate and pasting it to his forehead with a 12 gauge shot gun!

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