Reply With QuoteWas is smoke or steam?Originally Posted by millsi
smoke out of oil catch can??
yesterday when it was hot (gen 2 3sgte) and by hot i mean 3/4 gauge. i was giving it some small free revs and notice what look like oil smoke coming out ofd the catch can breather. is this normal or are things looking pear shaped?
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Re: smoke out of oil catch can??
Was is smoke or steam?
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Re: smoke out of oil catch can??
where is it located also ?
Re: smoke out of oil catch can??
you may find that it is just your crankcase gasses (i.e. bleed through from your rings, oil vapour) getting out, that is the whole reason why the hose you have running to your catch can originally went to your inlet manifold... to burn said gasses.
So its probably perfectly normal. The hotter your car is the more vapour it usually produces.
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Re: smoke out of oil catch can??
when hot, you get more volatiles (water, petrol etc) and oil vapour .. evaporating... which looks like smoke...
or it could be the oil starting to burn also...
perhaps more important is the volume of gas coming out..... of it's pissing out heaps of air, you have issues...
if it is slow, but with vapour, it's probably ok.. just not good for oil to get too hot.
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Re: smoke out of oil catch can??
it was coming out slow, not like it was under pressure.
can is located above the valve cover on a 45 degree angle.
Re: smoke out of oil catch can??
That's all normal mate. I doubt it is a new occurrence you have probably just noticed it. Like, have you just done something to the engine and you are now looking for problems.
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Re: smoke out of oil catch can??
great thanks dude!
Re: smoke out of oil catch can??
if your gauge goes up more than usual on a hot day then you have issues.
smoke oiut the catch can i wouldn;t worry about, its one of the reasons not to run a catch can (mind you tehre are plenty of reasons in favour of running one)
Re: smoke out of oil catch can??
^ i think he was more refering to engine temperature than outside temperature.. but yeah, as stated, vapours out your catch can's perfectly normal
Re: smoke out of oil catch can??
i found out yesterday that is has a blown hg, so will be fixing that hopefully this weekend
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