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Old 01-13-2007, 06:05 PM
sonichris sonichris is offline
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catch can routing debate ends here.

i went the DIY route, as i typically do. but, i did not want to re-route the breather lines. so, i just installed two catch cans, one on each line. guess what... YOU ONLY NEED ONE! and you only need it on the breather hose that goes from the pcv to the supercharger. the other hose has absolutely NO oil in it. it breathes IN, not OUT. want proof? here-->

these "cans" (i used oil separators from lowes, cheap and very effective) have been on my car for over a year. in that time i have covered over 25k miles. the can on the pcv hose get emptied about once or twice a month (it's pretty small and i don't let it fill more than one inch). the can on the other hose has no oil AT ALL. the reason the filter is dark is because i swapped it with the other one about 5 months ago, before that it was perfectly white, like it had not even seen the slightest mist of oil.


this is the one on the pcv side:




and this is the one on the intake side:





so what does this mean? it means you don't have to tee anything off or change the operation of anything. just leave the other hose alone and put the can on the pcv hose. done.

Q.E.D.
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