oil in intake

[mykfwdtalon]

i have my filter off and was checking inside the intake tract, when to my dismay i found a nice coat of oil. i know its from the pcv and its expected over time, but besides burning this oil could it potentionally cause colateral damage?

or should i just leave it be, it does catch dust, you know. any thoughts welcome
-myk_

 

[1LE]

You can clean it out if you want, but it's not really gonna cause any problems.

 

[TurBoGs-T]

Just clean it off if you already have it off. it won't hurt anything but it also won't hurt to clean it.

 

[zlthomps]

Its funny that you mention that, because I have a custom turbo setup on my 3G and needed an extra 3/8" vacuum source. So I removed the PCV from the intake manifold to ran it to a nipple that I put between my MAF and turbo.

So it would be ok to just remove the intake and clean it out with brake parts cleaner every so often? What about the compressor wheel of the turbo; Does it typically get coated with oil? Can you just spray it down with BPC too?

Thanks,
Zach

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by mykfwdtalon
i have my filter off and was checking inside the intake tract, when to my dismay i found a nice coat of oil. i know its from the pcv and its expected over time, but besides burning this oil could it potentionally cause colateral damage?

You don't see where the PCV goes in. Your intake gets coated from the cam cover breather. This greatly reduces it:

http://www.tgilmore.com/talon/catchcan.html

 

[zlthomps]

Originally posted by Defiant
You don't see where the PCV goes in. Your intake gets coated from the cam cover breather. This greatly reduces it:

http://www.tgilmore.com/talon/catchcan.html

Will that fuel filter / catch can hold vacuum?

 

[Diceman19]

well since the filter is open to the air, no it wont hold vac.:laugh:

 

[zlthomps]

Originally posted by Diceman19
well since the filter is open to the air, no it wont hold vac.:laugh:

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Looks like the filter element is enclosed in plastic. I was just curious b/c like I said bf I was going to try and use it to pick up some of the junk from my PCV. Im not even sure that would work at all. In fact its a stupid idea, nevermind.

Hey your from Indy ... so am I. Im actually an IU student, but my parents live at 96th and ditch.

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by zlthomps
Will that fuel filter / catch can hold vacuum?

Vacuum? The filter doesn't go near the vacuum. What IS it that you're doing, anyway?

 

[TurBoGs-T]

I have seen plenty of people use those. But like Defiant said there is no vacuum involved.

 

[zlthomps]

Originally posted by TurBoGs-T
I have seen plenty of people use those. But like Defiant said there is no vacuum involved.

On my car the breather runs to a vacuum source. If that fuel filter is not air tight I would have a vacuum leak. My breaher runs from my valve cover to my intake between the MAF and turbo (that isnt a vacuum source?) I believe it is.

 

[Blam]

I use the fuel filter/catchcan mod and it works great...if you dont like that ghettoness buy a catchcan for 80 bux or a breather filter and have it spray your hood

 

[TurBoGs-T]

Originally posted by zlthomps
On my car the breather runs to a vacuum source. If that fuel filter is not air tight I would have a vacuum leak. My breaher runs from my valve cover to my intake between the MAF and turbo (that isnt a vacuum source?) I believe it is.

Nope. People put filters directly on the valve cover.

And this is the one that goes in between the hose.

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by zlthomps
On my car the breather runs to a vacuum source. If that fuel filter is not air tight I would have a vacuum leak. My breaher runs from my valve cover to my intake between the MAF and turbo (that isnt a vacuum source?) I believe it is.

Not very much. You do have an inlet draft, but it's not liable to be ½-psi. It's just between the air filter (and MAF) and the turbo intake. Your air filter had better not be much of a restriction.

Vacuum in an engine is produced in the intake manifold (or, plenum) between the throttle plate and the piston-tops as it tries to suck in air that the throttle isn't letting by.

So yeah, you're safe to use that same fuel filter for a blowby catch can just like everyone else is.

Head on over to How Stuff Works and get up to speed on engines, too.

 

[mykfwdtalon]

Originally posted by Defiant
Not very much. You do have an inlet draft, but it's not liable to be ½-psi. It's just between the air filter (and MAF) and the turbo intake. Your air filter had better not be much of a restriction.

Vacuum in an engine is produced in the intake manifold (or, plenum) between the throttle plate and the piston-tops as it tries to suck in air that the throttle isn't letting by.

So yeah, you're safe to use that same fuel filter for a blowby catch can just like everyone else is.

Head on over to How Stuff Works and get up to speed on engines, too.

, defient that wasnt very nice, we all learn by asking. hsw is a great site though, but it wont answer the question about that filter working.