I had to get a catch can because my 2005 Nissan 350Z was burning my oil really fast, about over a quart when I changed my oil. Also I didn’t know how much oil was collecting in the intake plenum. I had an idea of what was going on in the engine that caused the oil consumption but your video explained in great detail. Thanks.
VQ35DE’s are notorious for oil burning issues. A catch can may help slightly but won’t prevent it entirely. Nissan later revised these issues with the VQ35HR in 2007.
I have an 02 maxima se with a 3.5 that burns oil like nobody’s business. I’m having to top it up every 2 weeks with 1 liter.
No PCV life so I’m getting a bunch of oil in the intake, should get one of these catchcans
Can someone who truly knows their stuff please advise me: What are the effects of removing the vacuum circuit altogether and sticking a breather filter straight on the PCV outlet? I’ve done this as a cheap alternative on a few cars without much consideration.
No horror stories yet I might add.
The unburnt fuel fumes will be released into the atmosphere, potentially harming the environment. The car can’t pass an emissions test with the PCV system removed entirely. If your filter isn’t vertical the fumes and oil residue can also accumulate onto the valve covers and make a mess. They sell catch cans that are designed to vent to atmosphere for offroad racing purposes. They look like the one pictured here. http://jeffstevens.org/CarPics/Noble/CatchCanBling.jpg
Does anybody know about draining back into the oil pan? Instead of draining to waste could you have it so that when the ignition was off, it would dump into the oil pan, but close when the ignitions on so as not to allow the air into the oil pan?
If you’ve seen some of the residue in a catch can. You wouldn’t want it returning to the sump
That’s garbage byproducts of combustion, it’s water etc, it’s not good stuff to go back in the crabkcase. Also, you shouldn’t be getting large amounts of oil in the catch can regularly either.
I’ve got vw’s 2.0 tfsi lump in my car and they really need a catch can. Since audi have said the engine is within safe tolerances using upto 1ltr of oil per 1000 miles
Can you do one on how instrument clusters work or “used to work” before they were electronic? Specifically your tachometer and speedometer analog gauges
My car doesn’t even have a PCV system, it’s got something else that does the same job though.
Even though im running an unbaffled oil catch can, im surprised at the amount of oil it managed to kept from the engine, i think ill prefer a catchcan than without one.
Has anybody got a good bang for bug catch can to recommend to me?
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I had to get a catch can because my 2005 Nissan 350Z was burning my oil really fast, about over a quart when I changed my oil. Also I didn’t know how much oil was collecting in the intake plenum. I had an idea of what was going on in the engine that caused the oil consumption but your video explained in great detail. Thanks.
VQ35DE’s are notorious for oil burning issues. A catch can may help slightly but won’t prevent it entirely. Nissan later revised these issues with the VQ35HR in 2007.
I have an 02 maxima se with a 3.5 that burns oil like nobody’s business. I’m having to top it up every 2 weeks with 1 liter.
No PCV life so I’m getting a bunch of oil in the intake, should get one of these catchcans
Can someone who truly knows their stuff please advise me: What are the effects of removing the vacuum circuit altogether and sticking a breather filter straight on the PCV outlet? I’ve done this as a cheap alternative on a few cars without much consideration.
No horror stories yet I might add.
The unburnt fuel fumes will be released into the atmosphere, potentially harming the environment. The car can’t pass an emissions test with the PCV system removed entirely. If your filter isn’t vertical the fumes and oil residue can also accumulate onto the valve covers and make a mess. They sell catch cans that are designed to vent to atmosphere for offroad racing purposes. They look like the one pictured here. http://jeffstevens.org/CarPics/Noble/CatchCanBling.jpg
Does anybody know about draining back into the oil pan? Instead of draining to waste could you have it so that when the ignition was off, it would dump into the oil pan, but close when the ignitions on so as not to allow the air into the oil pan?
If you’ve seen some of the residue in a catch can. You wouldn’t want it returning to the sump
That’s garbage byproducts of combustion, it’s water etc, it’s not good stuff to go back in the crabkcase. Also, you shouldn’t be getting large amounts of oil in the catch can regularly either.
I’ve got vw’s 2.0 tfsi lump in my car and they really need a catch can. Since audi have said the engine is within safe tolerances using upto 1ltr of oil per 1000 miles
Can you do one on how instrument clusters work or “used to work” before they were electronic? Specifically your tachometer and speedometer analog gauges
My car doesn’t even have a PCV system, it’s got something else that does the same job though.
Even though im running an unbaffled oil catch can, im surprised at the amount of oil it managed to kept from the engine, i think ill prefer a catchcan than without one.
Has anybody got a good bang for bug catch can to recommend to me?