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Old 01-11-2013   #63
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Default Re: Ready for the oil catch can...

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Originally Posted by vilant View Post
Got a noob question. I have a 90', and when I took the air intake off, I noticed a little bit of oil in the plenum. Is that normal? I know the reason you add an oil catch can is to stop that. But, I don't see a "factory" oil catch can. Why didn't GM put one in. Did they design the engine knowing it was going to suck in some oil and it would just burn off?
The oil has fuel in it, I believe one of the purposes of the PCV system is to evacuate any fuel blowby and keep it out of the oil. I suspect they can not catch it and be EPA compliant, so the fuely oil is burned through the engine.
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