Catch Can / Breather Filter Install (Lots of Pics)
12-06-2008, 11:59 AM
#1
Catch Can / Breather Filter Install (Lots of Pics)
Ok after following some great instructions from you guys in this thread https://my350z.com/forum/forced-indu...lve-cover.html i set out today to redo my catch can.. and install the breather filter on the drivers side.. the K&N Breather filter is special order so i ended up with an APC one.. please don't kill me.. its the first APC and only APC product on this car.. and i was desperate and wanted to get all this **** done today..
ok.. the parts.. the bracket for the catch can i found at Home Depot.. anyone needs the part number let me know..
then this is what i had started off with after i did the catch can the first time.. as you can see the hose is a POS.. the location wasn't too bright either.. chalk that one up to rushing things
the tool kit
engine cover and strut bar removed
I didn't take the plenum full off.. just enough that i could reach the port to install the breather filter.. though all the plenum bolts were removed and all the hoses to the plenum
Vacuum Cap installed on Intake Port
Breather Filter Installed
Catch Can Installed
Where catch can plugs into intake manifold
Where catch can plugs into PCV Valve
Catch Can mount with bracket
Catch Can mount bolted up with Engine Cover and Strut Bar back on
I went ahead and changed my oil too.. didn't bother with pics of those.. everyone knows how to change their oil
ok.. the parts.. the bracket for the catch can i found at Home Depot.. anyone needs the part number let me know..
then this is what i had started off with after i did the catch can the first time.. as you can see the hose is a POS.. the location wasn't too bright either.. chalk that one up to rushing things
the tool kit
engine cover and strut bar removed
I didn't take the plenum full off.. just enough that i could reach the port to install the breather filter.. though all the plenum bolts were removed and all the hoses to the plenum
Vacuum Cap installed on Intake Port
Breather Filter Installed
Catch Can Installed
Where catch can plugs into intake manifold
Where catch can plugs into PCV Valve
Catch Can mount with bracket
Catch Can mount bolted up with Engine Cover and Strut Bar back on
I went ahead and changed my oil too.. didn't bother with pics of those.. everyone knows how to change their oil
12-06-2008, 12:11 PM
#3
Thanks for the pic's cause im gonna do the same thing with the filter.One ? on the intake tube you have a rubber line coming out but were is that running to.I have the nipple on the intake tube running back to the valve cover.....you eliminated that right?
12-06-2008, 02:47 PM
#4
its running to a vast host of vacuum lines.. that one seems to be going back to the boost controller
12-06-2008, 03:44 PM
#7
first off i just want to say thanks for answering my questions.. i don't think i could have done it so smoothly without your help..
well the issues i were having start when i started seeing smoke when i came to stops on a hill.. and a little oil burning smell.. this was very noticable when i switched from regular oil to Rotella T-Sync 5w40.. first thing i was told was that my turbo's were toast..
One day i hit 12 PSI and i heard a pop sound.. i drove in vacuum all the way to my buddies house.. new it wasn't the motor because it drove fine.. then i noticed the dipstick had popped out.. so i started thinking maybe pressure... then i did the catch can the first time.. i usually am not in boost.. but i got into boost another day.. and then when i parked i noticed oil under the car.. notice the dipstick had popped out again ..
so i don't definatively know whats wrong.. for all i know it could be the turbo's.. it could have been the oil.. i'm trying Mobil 1 10w40 this time.. i havn't tried to get in boost.. too paranoid.. maybe another day.. right now i'm just tired from all the work today.
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12-06-2008, 04:04 PM
#8
You're not gaining anything from that change unless you do away with the PCV system.
You need to drill out the PCV valve removing the white valve inside. You need to cap off the PCV vacuum source on the intake manifold and vent the pax side valve cover to the atmosphere. What you did just did away with the hose o nthe rdiver side going from the vlave cover to the Greddy inlet. It still functions the same as far as crankcase ventilation is concerned.
Your crankcase is pressurizing causing the dipstick to blow out. You need to vent it as described above.
You need to drill out the PCV valve removing the white valve inside. You need to cap off the PCV vacuum source on the intake manifold and vent the pax side valve cover to the atmosphere. What you did just did away with the hose o nthe rdiver side going from the vlave cover to the Greddy inlet. It still functions the same as far as crankcase ventilation is concerned.
Your crankcase is pressurizing causing the dipstick to blow out. You need to vent it as described above.
12-06-2008, 04:12 PM
#9
You're not gaining anything from that change unless you do away with the PCV system.
You need to drill out the PCV valve removing the white valve inside. You need to cap off the PCV vacuum source on the intake manifold and vent the pax side valve cover to the atmosphere. What you did just did away with the hose o nthe rdiver side going from the vlave cover to the Greddy inlet. It still functions the same as far as crankcase ventilation is concerned.
Your crankcase is pressurizing causing the dipstick to blow out. You need to vent it as described above.
You need to drill out the PCV valve removing the white valve inside. You need to cap off the PCV vacuum source on the intake manifold and vent the pax side valve cover to the atmosphere. What you did just did away with the hose o nthe rdiver side going from the vlave cover to the Greddy inlet. It still functions the same as far as crankcase ventilation is concerned.
Your crankcase is pressurizing causing the dipstick to blow out. You need to vent it as described above.
so basically you're telling me to get rid of the catch can all together
Last edited by doug; 12-06-2008 at 04:14 PM.
12-06-2008, 04:22 PM
#10
I'm not sure yet if you will need a catch can or not. I will be going to Sebring next Sunday and I will let you know after that. I will be hooking up a catch can to the pax side drilled out PCV and the exit of the catch can will be to the atmosphere. If I get no oil then you can just vent the PCV directly to the atmosphere and not need a catch can.
Under boost the only exit for crankcase pressure for bothe valve covers is the valve cover crossover and out the tiny hole in the drivers side valve cover breather. That's simply not enough. So drilling out the PCV allows the pax side valve cover to vent through it's own opening. You are effectively doubling the crankcase evacuation capacity.
Under boost the only exit for crankcase pressure for bothe valve covers is the valve cover crossover and out the tiny hole in the drivers side valve cover breather. That's simply not enough. So drilling out the PCV allows the pax side valve cover to vent through it's own opening. You are effectively doubling the crankcase evacuation capacity.
12-06-2008, 05:26 PM
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you should also have some sort of heavy duty check valve in place between the manifold and the pass side valve cover. The stock PCV valve looks too flimsy to be able to handle any sort of boost
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12-07-2008, 04:46 AM
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12-07-2008, 05:23 AM
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from the coolant hose when i removed it.. it spilled out
my cousin said it was clean too..
damnit.. whats next
otherwise shut up.. i have bigger problems than a clean engine bay