My 1987 Two Door Crown Victoria AKA THE BROWN BLOB

[DerekTheGreat]

I was thinking on putting one of those in my car to see if it retards oil consumption at all. Going to try Alex's suggestion of running 10W-30 first though.

[His Royal Ghostliness]

The catch can won't limit your oil consumption, the PCV system will suck just as much of it as it does now. The can will however limit oil deposits down the intake and into the rear cylinders, as it will stop a lot of the oil from actually reaching the intake. So you'll still lose just as much oil as you did before, but now you can save some of it and dump it back in the crankcase. Standard practice for diesels with a road draft tube setup actually, some of them even got a hose from the catch can down to the oil pan - when the can gets full you just open the valve with the engine off and let oil drain back down where it came from, minimal actual loss that way. Just don't forget to close the valve before firing her up again, lol

[86VickyLX]

Do this while running or with key on engine off?

You can do it while it's running. Just be sure to set it right back to Normal after you write it for clearing.

[gadget73]

A bunch of shit that doesn't belong here. Nothing to see here. Move along folks.

[packman]

Ordered an oil catch can to go in line with the pcv valves vacuum line. I have an explorer lower intake with only the itty bitty oil shield so I figured I rather try this out then outright replace the intake.

I was thinking of doing something similar with my old skool valve covers I got years and years ago. I have the oil breather capsule plugged on it. Then I saw a mod'd Mustang at a car show with a hose running from the valve cover to a Moroso oil catch can. Failed to check if he/she was running a pcv valve or not. Might try to figure that out if the plugged capsule doesn't work.

Packman

[87gtVIC]

Git out my thread old man! lol

The degreaser soup that the headstock casting is in is *nasty*.

Got the spindle apart, almost all is well. There is a thin shim washer used as a thrust bearing thats pretty well pooched though. Have to figure out the proper replacement for that. Its .010 thick, not 100% if steel or stainless, but it lives between two cast iron pieces. Looks like it ran a bit dry and the iron drug on it, trading a bit of metal in the process. The iron parts I can smooth out, but the washer is dicked.

Took one of the other plant's gearboxes apart. My hands still stink. What a foul POS. It came apart OK but the bearings are probably all gone, and the shafts need a lot of attention. Looks like they took a pipe wrench to the output shaft, they're pretty jacked up. I've gotten spoiled dealing with ours. I'll have to grab copies of the video set I made on how to rebuild those things and stick it on youtube. Its an interesting gearbox design, and dead simple to overhaul if its not all nasty.

[Bobcat]

I noticed a large amount of oil in my intake, everytime I take the CAI off.

[gadget73]

Git out my thread old man! lol

heh, wrong thread. Soz. You did put it next to the right thread though, so its got to be at least partly your fault.

[sly]

this oil in the intake thing... yeah... no problems here.

[packman]

You could at the very least get some cotton and wrap it around your tires and hang out the window like you're doing a burn out. C'mon, be considerate!

[packman]

I'll even let you slide if you just want to peel half of the car cover back.

[DerekTheGreat]

The catch can won't limit your oil consumption, the PCV system will suck just as much of it as it does now. ...So you'll still lose just as much oil as you did before, but now you can save some of it and dump it back in the crankcase...

Exactly the plan if I did this. Just don't want it trashing my intake and burning perfectly good oil if I can help it. I'd just check the catch can and dump it right back in.

[87gtVIC]

It drives!

[Brown_Muscle]

Seems to drive very well! Any drivability problems? I didn't notice any. I know you say you don't like the sound of it...but I think it sounds great! I'd love to see a WOT freeway entrance run. You have a very similar setup to mine actually, which makes it even more interesting for me personally. Also, seeing your hood shine in the video is sex.

Also, your dad is such a dad in the beginning of the video :P

[gadget73]

I call bullshit. This is old footage from 2014.

Was that a Mark VI I saw around 2:22 ?

Probably the offroad pipe is why it sounds like it does. I like cats. Quiets it down and makes things not smell bad.