ENG: Oil Catch Can (a different method)

[sm1ke]

semi-update: pics up.. sorry if they're too big




oh and here's some pics of the steel wool..



awesome DIY cokinut!!!

[straightedge]

Why does that say Tampons on the bag....

...and also, I can't find those scouring pads or super coarse steel wool ANYWHERE! I've been to Wal-mart, the internet, and Lowe's with nothing. Someone send me some please!

[sm1ke]

ahaha i just noticed that!! lol
if you can't find it anywhere i can send some down. don't really need the extra anyway
just PM me your full addy and i'll ship it when i have time

[straightedge]

Awesome, I'll PM you now, I appreciate it!

[sm1ke]

shipped it today. should get there in about a week or so

[cokinut]

buwahaha. Thanks for posting the picture of the steel wool. And surpisingly, this is a hard to find item.

[sm1ke]

Yet another update...
After 2 weeks of adding the DIY catch can...

$44.53 well spent

[blazen_accord]

Any one got a good close up pic for the turbo setup oil catch can...

As for using a "real" catch can when going boosted...a catch can is a catch can. We need 2 because of where the pcv valve is. On civics and integras the valve is usually on the intake manifold i believe not the valve cover. So please remember to block off the pcv tube coming off the intake mani and run the pcv to an oil catch can. Run a hose from that oil catch can to to the pre-turbo intake but NOT the charge piping. Where the valve cover breather would normally go attach a hose, then a catch can with a valve cover breather on the exit for the catch can.

Hope this helps and remind me to get some pix

[93EXaesthetic]

i dont get why honda why suck oil back into the throttle body..this must have been an error on their calculations....i do know its some type of regulation that the exhaust fumes need to go through the cat converter..but why didnt they think of the oil going into the TB...i know the Japanese are smart..but i thinked they missed this in their design...or maybe the oil is so small they were like fuck it..it would cost to much to manufacturer an oil catch can
im gonna be lazy and just buy a catch can off of ebay..im sick of finding oil in my CAI near the TB...
but again good thread TTT

[Alex EX]

dont you have to put the catch can into the line that goes from the filter breather into the turbo inlet? i thought thats how DSM turbo guys did it...

[Alex EX]

bump, answer please

[cokinut]

Sorry i do not have an answer for you, but you can search honda-tech. I only know the setups to N/A cars.

[aleks77]

just wondering if there is any difference between this homamade catch can, the ebay $20-$30 catch cans, and the greddy $100+ catch can?

I might just buy one off ebay, they look great, and for $30 its a steal, just not sure if they work as well?

[MyCord]

Does the catch can have to be above the pcv valve (since everyone is using their strut bar) for a suction or something like that or is that just because it's the easiest plate to put it and does it decrease flow from the pcv valve to the im or anything? Could I put it lower down in the engine bay and it would still work the same?

Sorry for all the questions but I find this to be a really cool diy and I want to do it.

[Night Wolf]

Does the catch can have to be above the pcv valve (since everyone is using their strut bar) for a suction or something like that or is that just because it's the easiest plate to put it and does it decrease flow from the pcv valve to the im or anything? Could I put it lower down in the engine bay and it would still work the same?

Sorry for all the questions but I find this to be a really cool diy and I want to do it.

I was wondering that too. also some other stuff...

1. those little plastic pieces ontop of the VC where the new hose is connected to...can they be reused for the this DIY?

2.I dont have a strut bar, so where can I strap it to.