Anyone install an Oil Catch Tank yet? I know GREDDY and CUSCO make them... if you have, post pictures and state what size diameter hose to order 15mm/9mm

Reason why I ask is becasue I noticed that when I installed my NISMO CAI, after taking off the old stock tube i looked inside to where the "vent tube" connected and there was oil coming out of the inside of the opening of the tube...like it should be doing...

...and oil catch tanks were built to re-route that oil to a tank so that the engine wouldn't have to compress it...since oil/water is non-compressable...

i know that it's just small amounts of oil but i look at it like a cigrette...it's only one cig every few hours but adds up to gunk build up over a series of years... in your lungs/engine

she's my baby... have to take care of her...

Ace
"If your not the pilot, your the target"

 

Ask moog. Or search for his car on the ride section. I think he sells them too.

Thanks.

 

I always wondered about doing this mod, but haven't really seen how it hooks up and where to put the catch can.



2003 G35 Coupe 6mt Diamond Graphite
1992 Jeep Cherokee Blk 5.5 RE lift /w 33s
AIM= bkchang79

 

anyone have a pic of it?
whats the advantage of the oil catch tank?

Coupe 6-spd Twilight Blue/Black Premium

 

ive read a few posts about this before, but i still dont understand exactly what it does. even in the long run, whats it do? catch oil? why would you wanna do that?

G35S 6MT
Technosquare ECU
350Z Springs & Struts
6-wire ground kit

 

Okay..
"What does it do?"

Well from my understanding and the way everyone has explained it to me... I guess long ago before you and I were question marks in the back of your parents hot rods...the EPA or someone made a big fuss that cars would leak too much oil that was vented out of the engine block (that little rubber hose that clamps onto the intake tube on both stock and aftermarket parts) straight out of the car onto the ground, causing pollution...

Sooo... car manufactures figured that re-routing the spurts of oil back into the intake wouldn't be a big deal... so they re-route this line back into the intake tube as i mentioned above... and then the pollution problem is solved... engine recycles the oil by compressing what is not compressable in the engine block...along with the air.. it's "small" amounts so car manufactures claim that it does not hurt the car.

Problem is that it does i think in my opinion. It may not hurt immediately but little by little i think it builds up carbon and small deposits and such....

Usually you only get an oil catch tank if you buy Forced Induction because of the intensity the engine block is much higher and when you put more strain on the engine i guess it spurts out more oil into the intake...(once again i may be wrong on this, this is how it was explained to me)

So before this post turns into a novel.... the oil catch tank is supposed to be not just an aesthetically appealing obejct under the hood but dually serves a good and valid purpose by "catching" all the oil before it enters the intake to the engine block... there is a hose that re-routes the oil to the catch tank and then another line that re-routes the back pressure to the intake tube.

...and then every once in a while you look under the hood and check the really cool glass gauge meter on the oil catch tank and empty the oil out... thus saving your engine from small amounts of uncompressable oil that will damage your engine in the long run


WHEWW... too much typing...
If anyone has a better explaination please post..i'm still learning about this too.

Ace
"If your not a pilot, your the target"

 

I think this is like the 5th time I've posted about my oil catch can. Here it is:



Ivory Pearl coupe

 

AirWarrior explained it quite well. Good job bro!

Ivory Pearl coupe

 

omi has one
says it doesnt really work that well

Daniel

DP 5AT Coupe/5% Tint/Ground Kit/Clear Corners/Shock Sensor/L.E.D. Hood Lights

 

Thanks Moog... but how does yours work? does it catch any oil?...

 

sorry..one more post... what is the size of the line? 15m or 9mm?

 

where to get a cheap one that works? worth it?

G35S 6MT
Technosquare ECU
350Z Springs & Struts
6-wire ground kit

 

how do you install it?

 

you can make one urself for like $20-50 from home depot.. you hook it up between the PCV and the intake tube

 

I got one and it's clean as a whistle after 4k miles (and I'm blown). I'd say, save your money... BTW, I've posted pics on here and on my350z.com and there are pics at the link in my sig...

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