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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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Ok so I took my throttle body off and seen. A bit of oil in the intake manifold, I heard its normal for ep3s but I don't believe that to much, any1 have any insite?
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 05:37 AM
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normal for any car dude.. thats wat comes from the breather
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 05:54 AM
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Default Re: little bit of oil in intake manifold??? normal???

Install an in-line catch can if you want a cleaner plenum.
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 06:13 AM
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Default Re: little bit of oil in intake manifold??? normal???

Originally Posted by turboteg2nv
Install an in-line catch can if you want a cleaner plenum.
+1 on this

I did this and my intake manifold is pretty much oil free
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 06:52 AM
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<--- still learning lol thanks a lot guys, its that I'm having an idle issue so I'll tryin 2 figure out wat the problem is, when I took the tb off the butterfly closed perfectly fine 2 me and was still clean from 4 months ago so i dk if that might b my issue, I cleaned the iacv, put my short ram intake back (had a cai) and did an idle relarn idk wat else it could be
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 11:58 AM
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Default Re: little bit of oil in intake manifold??? normal???

Have you checked for vacuum leaks?
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 12:47 PM
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i heard about covering the tb, if the motor dies then theres no vacume leak correct
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 01:06 PM
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Default Re: little bit of oil in intake manifold??? normal???

I would just look for any disconnected hoses first and listen for hissing noises.
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 06:18 PM
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iight i hear a slight hissing but coming from the passenger side by the mount on the left side of the intake manifold, no where near the intake wat about that be and its hissing for a few seconds then stops then starts then stops doesnt seem like a vacume leak tho i might be wrong
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 06:57 PM
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Default Re: little bit of oil in intake manifold??? normal???

normal man. if your really worried about it get a oil catch can
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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Default Re: little bit of oil in intake manifold??? normal???

Duuude thats rough man, i had oil on the manifold once and my wheel spacers fell off
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 08:31 PM
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Default Re: little bit of oil in intake manifold??? normal???

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Duuude thats rough man, i had oil on the manifold once and my wheel spacers fell off
O no ****?

And where would I put this oil catch can?
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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Default Re: little bit of oil in intake manifold??? normal???

you can mount the catch can almost any where as long as you have enough slack of the pipeing
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 04:40 AM
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Default Re: little bit of oil in intake manifold??? normal???

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Duuude thats rough man, i had oil on the manifold once and my wheel spacers fell off

wtf are you talking about??

OP here's the basic catch can install, this is for B-series motors though.

http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/c...n/catchcan.php
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 05:35 AM
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Default Re: little bit of oil in intake manifold??? normal???

I had oil on the manifold once, it was bad news. I accidentally the whole thing.
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