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Re: About a tank of gas later my oil catch can....
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My buy is on it's way. I really like the clear inspection tube. Wish the holding tank came in black. Do you have a pic of your installation?
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Re: About a tank of gas later my oil catch can....
My tanks has a dip stick. When it's time to empty, just unscrew the bottom half and dump. No oil anywhere.
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Re: About a tank of gas later my oil catch can....
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I don't have my car now so I can't take pictures. The picture I posted earlier is the best shot I have. Btw check with the seller in Ebay they have other colors. I like the purple, plus you can barely see it.
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Re: About a tank of gas later my oil catch can....
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Re: About a tank of gas later my oil catch can....
Here is a video I took yesterday of what my catch can has accumulated so far. I am guessing around 1500 miles give or take a few.
More would have come out if the can was warm. I also spilled some out the top before shooting the video. I removed the clear read tube (John Guest Fitting) because it started to leak. I also stuffed the catch can with steel wool. One other thing I noticed is the car does not consume oil like it did without the catch can. Anyone know why? http://videobam.com/BCNBQ
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Re: About a tank of gas later my oil catch can....
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I'm going to guess that the larger catch can reduces the crankcase pressurization which would force the oil into the cylinders. IOW, its breathing easier. That's the reason I decided to try a new one.
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Re: About a tank of gas later my oil catch can....
I'm getting slightly more blue puff at startup.
Last O/C, I was gonna' do a double change; put in house brand 30wt syn, and was gonna' run a few CL cycles to move it through, then did a second drain fill with the cheap syn, and it's still in after 75 miles, 6 weeks. Seems like the lighter stuff is more likely to go into vapor phase???(and pull through PCV plumbing / Separator as well )
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Re: About a tank of gas later my oil catch can....
I relocated my catch can to under the headlight and just drained it from this year's driving. So far it has caught lots of oil.
With the can further away and the length it has to travel back to the throttle body seems to really influence the amount of oil it has caught. Every ZR-1 should have one of these.   
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Re: About a tank of gas later my oil catch can....
I wish there was an easy way to let it drain from the catch can back into the sump. I guess that would require a new fitting in the oil pan. Maybe not to difficult to add.
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Re: About a tank of gas later my oil catch can....
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And maybe a check valve to prevent the oil from flowing back into the catch can. Sounds interesting.
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