...is catching moisture(?)

There is a little milkshake at the top, so there is oil vapor going through there. Just seems kind of odd there would be that much moisture in the filter.
I have the drivers side valve cover nipple connected to the PCV with a tee, going into the inlet(top) of the filter, and the outlet going to the induction hose nipple, and the gray hard plastic line capped off.

Any thoughts?

 

I had the gray plastic hardline capped off for about 2,000 miles after reading all the hoopla on NAM about how to run the lines. But I discovered the same as you, lots of moisture and milkshake like residue. I switched back to my original config. PCV line to catchcan then to the hard gray line. the other breather line into the back of my K&N filter with a hose barb. Idles better and the catch can again does its job, catching oil!!!


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Originally, I had this filter plumbed into the PCV line, and then to the gray plastic line, and no connection to the other valve cover nipple, having it that way caught a good amount of oil.

I hooked it up this way from the .pdf in this post...
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...69&postcount=3
the directions are from Mini-Madness, so there can is just collecting moisture?

 

i've been under the impression the hose at the side near the air box is the air intake for the crankcase;which pulls in cold dense air (comparitively speaking) . this is pumped by the crankshaft naturally and mixed with blow-bye and evacuated out the pcv hose. so if cold air is finding it's way to your filter it's condensating , no?

 

Don't know herbie.
I was checking out DrPhil's thread from a few months ago, I think I will try different routing tomorrow.

 

I changed the routing back to how I ran it originally, and ZERO moisture in the filter now.
Makes me wonder why Mini-Madness gives those directions with their catch can.

 

who was it that originally posted the 16 dollar job? mine's workin' p$ssa now. he said he was gonna add one on the air intake side.i'm gonna do this also as the system is designed to use the intake side to evacuate also under extreme pos. pressure. and i do have some blow-bye . when i get off the throttle i can smell it up through the intake (i have a 4 ' hole in back of intake) . the vapor catcher could help.

 

This is the $16 thread...
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=49645

I think I may install one on the other side as well, just to see what happens.

 

quick question, and i hope to not hijack your thread, but what if you were to put a one way valve on the pcv valve... only letting the air go one way when under boost... to stop blow by that way? or am i getting this perceptually wrong in my head

 

The PCV is typically a one-way valve, letting the crank case vent out while not sucking anything into the valve cover. That's why it rattles when you shake it.
I don't think you could add another one-way valve in that line going the other way, they would cancel each other out.