i was wondering if any one else has any other idea if this is the correct way to install a catch tank
thanks

DIY Oil Catch Can installation instructions

How to install an Oil Catch Can in a ’94 – ’01 Acura Intergra.


Here are the parts that are needed for the installation:


Moroso Dry Sump Breather Tank (Oil Catch Can). # 85470.
$65.99 @ Jegs

PCV Valve (real application is a Ford truck)
Fram FV294 or
Motorcraft EV-140 or
Puralotor PV-140 or
FOMOCO E7TZ-6A666-A
$1.99 @ Advance Auto Parts

Help! Ford PCV Valve rubber grommet #42048.
$4.99 @ Advance Auto Parts


Watts 3/8" I.D. Barb to MIP Adapter # A-294.
$1.48 @ Home Depot

Watts 3/8" Barb Splicer #A-290
$1.39 @ Home Depot

3/8" ID clear, high-pressure reinforced tubing (10 feet)
$5.25 @ Home Depot

Teflon Tape.
$.58 @ Home Depot

3/4" OD hose clamps. 6.
$1.50 @ Home Depot

Installation Instructions:

1. Put Teflon tape on threads of A-294 3/8" bard to MIP Adapter and screw into side of Moroso tank.

2. Install new PCV valve into Help! rubber grommet. Install rubber grommet with PCV valve onto top of oil catch can.

3. Locate a suitable location in the engine compartment for the mounting of the oil catch can. (I chose a location on the passenger side shock tower.)

4. Remove the hose from the original PCV valve barb. Install the barb splicer (A-290) into end of the hose and securing it with a hose clamp. Install one end of the high-pressure hose onto the other end of the barb splicer (A-290). Secure it with a hose clamp.

5. Determine the length of hose that is needed to the new PCV valve on top of the oil catch can. Cut hose the to length and install the hose onto the new PCV valve on the oil catch can. Secure it with hose clamp.

6. Install one end of the high-pressure hose onto the other end of the original PCV valve barb. Secure it with hose clamp.

7. Determine length of hose needed to install the hose onto the Watts 3/8" barb to MIP adapter (A-294) on the oil catch can. Cut the hose to length. Install onto barb on oil catch can, secure with a hose clamp.

8. Zip tie hoses securely.

9. Start engine and check to make sure there are no vacuum leaks.

 

any help????

 

man this has been covered a million times and you'll hear a million ways to do it!!
i do believe that the correct way is like the pic you have.that is the way i have mine. do a search in tech, irt, and boost forums your find tons of info.

 

thanks man i am just confused a little

 

How would you know if the tank is about to overflow???

From what I hear the catch cans can fill up with oil quickly.
You'll exceed the capacity of the can, and oil will start flowing into the intake.
This cannot be seen because the cheap welded cans out there such as Moroso
don't have a window.
The only one Ive seen that has a window is the Greddy $******$ can.

Idea: make a catch can with window that competes against moroso and other welded cans, and set a GB

Hell, I aint gonna do it!
becuz I'm handicapped.
I got a t-rex arm

 

if hte catch can fills up too quickly - it has NOT been done properly...

t..

 

Still like to know the true info on this...

 

you can get those brake bleeding containers that have an inlet and outlet and fill the container with steel wool, and the containers are clear plastic. Got mine at pepboys for about $5

 

the one that i have is the cusco one didn't pay any thing for it but i does have a window on it
still confused about it
and help is usefull

 

What if you take out the PCV valve from the oil seperator and then attach just a small filter on it--I mean this way non of the oil or vapor will enter the intake manifold (I know there will be no vacume either, but blowby gases will just leave the engine block on there own since there is no pcv valve to stop them), I think the real time racing does some thing similar. http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291324245


[Modified by wantmorepower, 1:30 PM 9/27/2002]

 

That diagram is correct. If you get the Moroso can, I believe that it has a drain screw on the bottom of it. All that you need to do is drain it every month or so.

Understand that the oil seperator on the block will contain most of the oil that is actually blown out. With the stock setup, the short hose from the seperator goes right to the IM. So when the PCV valve opens to relieve the pressure, the vacuum from the IM causes oil to be sucked in with the vapors. The catchcan system helps reduce this vacuum, mainly because of the area available inside the can, and obviously, the farther distance that the vapors have to travel. The baffles in the can help to allow the oil to seperate from the vapors. The vapors then can procede to flow through the rest of the system & the oil gets trapped in the bottom of the can. Provided that the stock oil seperator is left in place, as it should be, and the PCV valve is not stuck open, the can should not fill up quickly at all.

 

So the Moroso can looks like the way to go....so i guess if you bought a Cusco, Greddy, or SRR can, you could fill it with steel wool to act as a baffle?

 

Not steel wool - stainless steel scrubbers. They are composed of thin strips of stainless steel about 1/8in wide woven into a pad-shape. Steel wool can seperate from itself & allow pieces of it through the system.

 

ok i get what you mean now...
..the kind of scrubbers used to scrub pots and pans right?