oil in the intake
#1
oil in the intake
So my 2.3 was running like crap and smoking ALOT. Thought the guy who had it before me messed up the timing so i took off the intake hose to get to the valve cover and noticed oil in the throttle body.I took that off and i also have gotten the upper intake mani off. I was thinking of getting carb cleaner to clean out the tb, upper, and lower intake mani's..as well as the intake runners, is that a goof idea? will it work well?. I pulled the spark plugs to let the cylinders dry out some but is there a way to get all of the oil out other then pulling the head off? I also am getting new plugs and wires.
#2
RE: oil in the intake
carb cleaner will work fine. Just clean it all out and you should be fine. Put everything back together and you can spray carb cleaner around the seals while the car is on and if it sucks it in you know you have a leak.
#3
RE: oil in the intake
sound like pcv draw thru
some people put air/water sepeartors inline or a breather. i dont think those take the heat and they have a small can which doesn't catch all the oil in the air (for some people)
i use this, i think it's perfect:
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...0475&langId=-1
clean it, then if you want you can use either a air/water seperator, catch can or breather catch can to prevent it from happening down the road. most people think its overkill
i'm not sure why you are getting so much draw thru tho?
some people put air/water sepeartors inline or a breather. i dont think those take the heat and they have a small can which doesn't catch all the oil in the air (for some people)
i use this, i think it's perfect:
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...0475&langId=-1
clean it, then if you want you can use either a air/water seperator, catch can or breather catch can to prevent it from happening down the road. most people think its overkill
i'm not sure why you are getting so much draw thru tho?
#5
RE: oil in the intake
i forgot i have a pic in the gallery of the jaz
heres a pic of the breather catch can attached to the power steering bracket
i think the steeda piece ($60) is an air/water seperator you can buy at homedepot or the like (for air compressors, paintball guns, etc)
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heres a pic of the breather catch can attached to the power steering bracket
i think the steeda piece ($60) is an air/water seperator you can buy at homedepot or the like (for air compressors, paintball guns, etc)
[IMG]local://upfiles/9837/327516EF7ABC4C52A96EA453698E8CFA.jpg[/IMG]
#7
RE: oil in the intake
i only have one vavle cover hole on the drivers side and that is routed to the breather can. the other side of the breather can is plugged up with a plastic piece that came from jaz
there are two holes in the breather can (plus the drain valve on the bottom), so you can route it from each vavle cover to the breather can.
there are two holes in the breather can (plus the drain valve on the bottom), so you can route it from each vavle cover to the breather can.
#8
RE: oil in the intake
You can make a separator that returns the oil to the engine while it's running.Use a longer section of hose and go up to a larger diameter,this slows the air going through the hose.If you raise the end closest to the T/B the oil will condense on the inside of the hose and flow by gravity back into the engine.To give the oil something more subsantial to condense onto you can stick some copper pot scrubber mesh inside the separator tube.
#9
RE: oil in the intake
running a catch can with breathers and plugging the intake is a good idea, but there's also a good chance your turbo needs to be rebuilt....seals are probably bad. make sure you clean the entire intake plumbing and intercooler since the oil acts as an insulator. use gasoline or rubbing alchohol in the intercooler and intake plumbing