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11-24-2012, 12:10 AM
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11-24-2012, 10:55 AM
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Wait, you're selling the Civic? 
That description was a cool read. How does it get the air/oil out of the bay and into the separator? Some kind of vaccuum?
That description was a cool read. How does it get the air/oil out of the bay and into the separator? Some kind of vaccuum?
11-24-2012, 11:24 AM
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Morgan do the black housing. Or maybe color match it?
11-25-2012, 12:49 PM
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Morgan I think this will look the best and contrast with the color...
https://i.imgur.com/q1KdD.jpg
and great update with the pix....love how the car is coming along....
https://i.imgur.com/q1KdD.jpg
and great update with the pix....love how the car is coming along....
Its a very subtle change thats easier to see in person then in pics.Yea, theyre under vacuum. The routing goes:
-PCV on passenger side bank to canister to intake manifold
-Blow through on driver side bank to canister to intake tube (in front of throttle body)
No color match. I may do a color thats similar to the 03 CL headlights. They arent black housings, theyre just really dark gray with some metallic in it. I like the way it looks against the Anthracite CLs, and that color is similar to Asphalt on the FR-S. Good thing I still have my CL headlights apart, I can take the bezel in to have the code matched.
Or maybe black chrome
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11-25-2012, 01:33 PM
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11-27-2012, 12:47 PM
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Interesting description for the air/oil separator. Is there a filter on top to vent?
Wow, I just looked it up and damn they are expensive.
Wow, I just looked it up and damn they are expensive.
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11-27-2012, 12:51 PM
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11-27-2012, 01:00 PM
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11-27-2012, 01:55 PM
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Thats for hair removal. I need to keep all the hair I have.
11-27-2012, 01:57 PM
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The link I provided show tanning salons
Stupid Vampire.
Stupid Vampire.
11-27-2012, 02:15 PM
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WTF? When I clicked the link before it showed laser hair removal. Now its showing VA tanning salons. 
11-27-2012, 02:22 PM
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maybe its hinting something
11-27-2012, 02:38 PM
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Color matching those tails would be sick
11-27-2012, 02:57 PM
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Need more mods. Maybe the Chargespeed Kit. 
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11-27-2012, 03:05 PM
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Dat lip kit
Are those centerlocking wheels?
Are those centerlocking wheels?
11-27-2012, 03:09 PM
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i can get some centerlocking wheels on my car 
11-27-2012, 03:51 PM
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Was she cute?
11-27-2012, 03:53 PM
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They could be fake. I have noticed companies are coming out with fake center lock wheels now. The center lock is just a cap over the lugs to hide them. OZ has a new wheel with them. Personally I hate them. Anything fake is a no no for me.
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11-27-2012, 04:03 PM
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+1 on that lip kit.
11-27-2012, 04:40 PM
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^^^ you mean Tyler's ? 
11-27-2012, 04:57 PM
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11-27-2012, 05:04 PM
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The meter is quickly on its way back up:
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11-27-2012, 05:06 PM
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^What meter is that? How many guys Morgan has been with?
11-27-2012, 05:10 PM
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11-27-2012, 05:16 PM
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11-27-2012, 05:24 PM
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11-27-2012, 05:26 PM
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11-27-2012, 06:31 PM
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11-29-2012, 04:16 PM
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Heres an interesting picture of the inside of the catch can.
That one is for the WRX IIRC, but it still shows the chambers.
That one is for the WRX IIRC, but it still shows the chambers.
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11-29-2012, 04:19 PM
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WOW
From the looks of it, if you dont "drain" it in the right time and if the catch can fills up, the line will suck up all that oil since it doesnt have its own breather filter...
you can always disconnect the line and attach a filter to it
From the looks of it, if you dont "drain" it in the right time and if the catch can fills up, the line will suck up all that oil since it doesnt have its own breather filter...
you can always disconnect the line and attach a filter to it
11-29-2012, 04:24 PM
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Thats the beauty of it - you don't have to drain it. Its not technically a "catch can", its an air-oil separator.
EDIT:
In the xray above, the top pipe runs back to the intake manifold. The lowermost side pipe brings the air and oil mixture into the can. The bend causes a swirl in the can flinging the oil to the walls of the can to drip down.
Crawford explains it better then me:
EDIT:
In the xray above, the top pipe runs back to the intake manifold. The lowermost side pipe brings the air and oil mixture into the can. The bend causes a swirl in the can flinging the oil to the walls of the can to drip down.
Crawford explains it better then me:
- The first step in the process is a large volumetric swirl pot. The function of the swirl pot is to use centrifugal force to remove the oil from the air. The air is then passed through a second chamber (see second step below), and extracted through the top of the AOS. Gravity then sends the remaining oil down the walls of the swirl pot and collects in the bottom of the AOS. At this point the separated oil sitting on the bottom of the AOS is returned to a baffled chamber in the center of the engine block.
- The second step involves a second chamber located within the first chamber. As the separated air moves up inside the AOS, it must enter the second chamber before it can vent out the top of the AOS. The function of the secondary chamber is to remove any residual oil that may have made its way up the swirl pot. The secondary chamber also has a drain to return any separated oil back to the engine.
- The second step involves a second chamber located within the first chamber. As the separated air moves up inside the AOS, it must enter the second chamber before it can vent out the top of the AOS. The function of the secondary chamber is to remove any residual oil that may have made its way up the swirl pot. The secondary chamber also has a drain to return any separated oil back to the engine.
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^^^ I concur on that note....I have a dump tube running from the manifold and its as dry as any/all of Austin's dream 
now that I understand that the "separated" oil goes back to the crank case, am digging this catch can
now that I understand that the "separated" oil goes back to the crank case, am digging this catch can
11-29-2012, 04:32 PM
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you fancy eh !!!
fine...air-oil separator can....
fine...air-oil separator can....