this is what i have to work with. all the fittings can be moved around, but i figgured this way will work best. my main question is, do i have to replace the steel wool, or just drain the oil out of the can? because, once i stuff the steel wool into the can i would have some trouble removing it. lemme know what you guys think.

 

well crack monkey if you don't get enough oil flow your steel wool will rust and might break off. The oil won't do much to weaken the steel wool. No reason to replace it i'd say but if you wanna be cool you could use a pvc pipe thread it then have a cap that you can screw on and off, though you would either wanna put a rubber gasket on the cap so it seals against the steel wool storage area or put teflon around the threads, and as inexpensive as teflon is, sometimes you just don't feel like replacing it everytime you take the cap off. Oh and maybe use a dremel and cut a 1/8" gap up the side of the can and then superglue/caulk a piece of plastic so you can see the oil level

 

i like my steel can better.

 

I hope you don't plan on installing that catch can in the same up orientation as shown in the picture. You'll back it up if the oil accumulates enough to pool.

 

i planned on installing it the same way as in the picture. can you be more specific of why it would back up? i'd like to add a tube on the outside to view how full the can is.

 

The oil will pool right into fitting and line where it leads to the PCV valve.

 

yeah, move your PCV valve fitting to the side of the can, about 1/4 of the way up.

There is a Celica page that suggests using one of these instead of steel wool. Sounds ok to me.. I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work better..unless it melts or something..

 

Here is my catch can setup.

I used the A/C freon container, it has an outlet and inlet on the top.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by martini &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah, move your PCV valve fitting to the side of the can, about 1/4 of the way up.

There is a Celica page that suggests using one of these instead of steel wool. Sounds ok to me.. I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't work better..unless it melts or something..

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You don't want the steel wool to break and recirculate into the engine either.