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3.2 oil catch can?

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ghettomike
has anyone installed a oil catch can on their 3.2L before?
i would love to get some imput from a GM tech on how it would be connected, because the PCV system on this engine is a little different.

ewillard? you still on here?
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ghettomike
is i just dont know which line is the dirty line, because most cars have a single air line, ours has 4....
would love to see the install on it.
where did you buy it from? price?
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ghettomike
can you take some pics of it once installed? and looking at it, is it just a can with 2 fittings, air in and air out?
couldnt i just make 1 of these?
ill probably end up buying one.
can you show me which one you bought off ebay? listing number?
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ghettomike
thanks for the link...its $19 shipping to canada, so once i see how you mount it ill probably order the same one.
i just want to see how it all works out first and make sure you dont get any engine lights.
also i have a big lowering project in the works, and my car isnt on the road till march or april.
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thanks for the link...its $19 shipping to canada, so once i see how you mount it ill probably order the same one.
i just want to see how it all works out first and make sure you dont get any engine lights.
also i have a big lowering project in the works, and my car isnt on the road till march or april.


edit - wow major glitch...the page froze and i hit refresh.
sorry for the double post
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ghettomike
what does the tube down the side of it do?
i imagine you have to dump and clean it out once and a while, but how often?
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ghettomike
ok OD so lets see a update on this??
hows it going? is it full? i found one on ebay for $30 shipped to canada (finally a seller that isnt ripping us off too much)
there was another seller that had $6 shipping in usa or $99 to canada...that pisses me right off!!!
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ghettomike
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320667989490
ok well i was impatient and this was the cheapest with shipping that i could find, im sure they all do the same thing, i even saw a few home made ones a couple days ago in the V section. cost me $33.88 with shipping

coke_o - it stops oil sludge from recirculating. ive seen other posts that people who have excessive oil usage (loss of oil) add a dump can and it reduces the amount.
when i had my intake apart last year i noticed the tube in the bottom had sludge oil in it, not enough to worry about but still.
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ghettomike
Ya more of a engine health thing
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ghettomike
sweet, thanks for the update, mine should be here soon....if my mailman shows up for work... lol
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ghettomike
just got mine in the mail. im mounting mine next to the battery and im going to use self tapping screws into the plastic next to the fire wall, no metal on the car will be drilled into....not a fan of that.
mine came with a very thick blue rubber hose, so i dont think ill have a problem with it being squeezed by air pressure.

pics later today.
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ghettomike
here it is.
i noticed some stock hoses im going to change, so ill have to find some in the next couple weeks, the stock dirty air hose feels like playdough....also some other very thin hose on the rad has a crack in it, its a air line that conrtoles some actuator.

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that blue hose was pissin me off.. so i went and bought a thick hose and put it on. streched the ends over the catch can ends,(wasnt easy) and replaced the old stock hose. i bought more than i needed and i bought a barb link that i didnt use,,,that thing was $3.50..thinkin bout returning it lol (not really, ide spend more in gas gettin there than its worth)
now i think this may also help with the valve cover leaking issue, reason being is it is the PCV system and the cause of the leak was moisture freezing, when i took this apart after only driving 5 min it dribbled water and there was a little gunk in it (i drove it earlier today im assuming the gunk is from that and moisture from the short drive)
anyway, here is the new setup, looks much better.
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ghettomike
I'm not sure how those work, is it a filter? I've only seen inline oilers for compressors not a oil seperator.
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ghettomike
There's got to be some sort of PCV on the 3.6...fairly sure all engines have some sort of pcv system.
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