Quick question re: Oil catchcan

Yes, if you run a catch can you will have to dump the oil back into the motor. It's more or less a bandaid fix.



Fred

a restrictor might be a more livable thing to try.

good luck.

I'm having a similar problem and tried all of the following: restrictor, needle valve, moving the pcv valve to a valve cover, and a catch can. I finally just bypassed all of it and ran breathers. This did stop the oil consumption from the pcv valve, but I still had an oil problem. After a leakdown test and compression test my motor checked out fine....

My problems are valve seals riding the valve and possibly bad valve guides(might of even aided to the pcv system consuming oil).

I suggest doing a leakdown test and compression test. If you can't do that, try and run breathers. This will eliminate oil consumption by the pcv system. If you're still burning oil after this, then you're either in the same boat as me or your rings are bad. Hope this helps.

*if you run breathers, on the oil filler neck and on the pcv valve spot. Don't forget to cap off the vacuum lines so no unmetered air will enter.

Fred

stang1986GT said:

I've read your oil problem threads also...ever get them solved? I know I'm looking at a rebuild, but the thing runs great, doesn't smoke unless you really romp on it and I just can't afford it!

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People have plumbed the restrictors up in different locations - depends upon how much you burn and what your set up is. I am not sure how much restriction would create issues because it depends upon how much blowby one has. Don is the one to ask IMHO (very detail-oriented guy - he has pics of his restrictor set up on his site, as i recall). He would be a better source of info than I (I have not done a restrictor on an EFI 302).

I was not aware I had oil control issues. Tell me more about what I had said and I will try to clear that up. I am planning on running a catch can just because it is something I want to do because I like doing things for the sake of doing them - but not because I burn a lot of oil or anything, per se.