OIL SEPERATOR CAN PCV


Simon

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Does anyone have one to sell?

Thanks
 

CJ428

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I've got a new one that matches our car from Guyett Performance $495 shipped
 

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Sinovac

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I have that one. Fits and works perfect. Looks OEM.
 

2112

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I've got a new one that matches our car from Guyett Performance $495 shipped

I am interested if OP isn't.
 

Beez

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How does a guy decide if the car really needs one of these? Is there a certain amount of boost/power that makes it more important than for a stock set up?
 

Kingman

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How does a guy decide if the car really needs one of these? Is there a certain amount of boost/power that makes it more important than for a stock set up?

You need one....PERIOD.
 

Sinovac

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How does a guy decide if the car really needs one of these? Is there a certain amount of boost/power that makes it more important than for a stock set up?

Ford modular motors are known to pass quite a bit of oil through the passenger side PCV hose.
 

Simon

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I've got a new one that matches our car from Guyett Performance $495 shipped

PM sent
 

The Grey Ghost

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I have that one. Fits and works perfect. Looks OEM.

I'll give a second thumbs up for the Guyett model. Been very happy with mine.
 

BlackICE

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I'll give a second thumbs up for the Guyett model. Been very happy with mine.

:agree:
 

PeteK

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You need one....PERIOD.
Why? I did the track day at Rally 12 and did not lose any oil. I can't see that I would drive it that hard on the street.
 

Kingman

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Find it in the separator, or find it in the supercharger. Your choice.
 

CJ428

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The can helps gather fine oil spray that robs horsepower and efficiency.
 

B.M.F.

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these are a great idea for any boosted car. Even NA cars like the gt350
 

nota4re

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For those owners have a car that is using oil - *maybe* a catch can will help if that oil is from classical blow-by (as opposed to leaking, etc.)

Just ask yourself one question.... if you are not losing any oil, what are you going to catch?

Too many people are giddy that they're catch-can is working when they pull a couple of tablespoons of black murky liquid from them. Many times this is mostly comprised of a complex substance called H2O and would be burned without consequence by the engine. On a stock GT - or one with a common pulley/tune kit, my opinion is that there is absolutely no need. No doubt, someone will be jumping in to say how wrong I am. Don't bother. If you want me to show the calculations of how silly they are, I can.
 

Kingman

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For those owners have a car that is using oil - *maybe* a catch can will help if that oil is from classical blow-by (as opposed to leaking, etc.)

Just ask yourself one question.... if you are not losing any oil, what are you going to catch?

Too many people are giddy that they're catch-can is working when they pull a couple of tablespoons of black murky liquid from them. Many times this is mostly comprised of a complex substance called H2O and would be burned without consequence by the engine. On a stock GT - or one with a common pulley/tune kit, my opinion is that there is absolutely no need. No doubt, someone will be jumping in to say how wrong I am. Don't bother. If you want me to show the calculations of how silly they are, I can.

:bow OK, fair enough Kendall.....I'm silly.

I will strive to refrain from posting and/or purchasing anything and wait for your future pronouncements forthwith. Will these edicts be coming once a month, a quarter, yearly, or simply your whimsy?
 

Sinovac

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nota4re

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Will these edicts be coming once a month, a quarter, yearly, or simply your whimsy?

My pleasure. I can offer a subscription plan for any of the above. Just a matter of how much wisdom you can absorb.

As an advocate, why don't you enlighten us on how much "oil" you catch across what mileage interval?
 

twobjshelbys

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Why? I did the track day at Rally 12 and did not lose any oil. I can't see that I would drive it that hard on the street.

I concur. I had one on my supercharger in my Mustang and after 8000 miles of spirited driving it had only a teaspoon. It amounted to a few drops every thousand miles. The speed shop guy at Shelby American said it this way: If you have anything more than a very small amount in it then you have a bigger problem. Maybe that's OK. But if you're getting lots of engine oil blow-by certainly there will be other indications.

It won't be in the supercharger, it will be in the intercooler. I had to pull my supercharger to rebuild the bearings and the supercharger and intercooler was clean.

Think about it: If it were essential then wouldn't Ford have put it on there to begin with?
 

nota4re

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We've pulled many GT Superchargers. (A prerequisite to installing a pulley/tune which is likely one of the most popular GT mods in GT-land.) Some look like the pic that sinovac posted, some are fairly dry and most are in-between.

But let's look at the that catch-can "results" referenced in that older thread. In that picture... it sure doesn't look like 1/3 cup, but let's pretend that it is. What horrors are we really subjecting the engine to?

Author of that thread "Caught" 1/3 of a cup across 5000 miles
1 cup = 48 teaspoons; 1/3 cup = 16 teaspoons

1 Teaspoon = ~100 drops; 16 teaspoons = 1600 drops
1600 drops across 5000 miles = 1600/5000 = 0.32 drops per mile (oh the tragedy!)

Assumption: GT is averaging 16 mpg
1 mile = 1/16 gallons of gasoline is consumed
128 ounces per gallon
1/16 gallon = 8 ounces
8 ounces = 48 teaspoons
1 teaspoon = 100 drops
Conclusion: GT @ 16 mpg (avg) burns approximately 4800 "drops" of gasoline per mile

While the engine is consuming 4800 drops of fuel/mile, the catch can "saved" the engine from having to ingest 0.32 drops of blow-by.

Viewed differently, had this been forced down the throat of the engine, compared to fuel being consumed, it represents 0.32/4800 = .0000666; or .0067%

Not all that compelling to me to spend money to solve a problem that simply doesn't exist.

(I think the argument changes when you talk about bigger boost from Whipples or turbos as the added pressures will definitely increase blow-by and it *may* get it into the range where you want to be pro-active about it.)