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Catch me if you can! - jimxms - 23-05-2019

Sound advice Smile Most of the ones I've bookmarked have had either 9mm or 12mm fittings.

So there's no point in recirculating? Would the air not be compressed/boost that could be put to good use?

I'll have to ask the Supra crows about hooking the PCV's together then, unless Stav or anyone else has a similar setup already?

Catch me if you can! - toxo - 23-05-2019

Stoney So you would always recommend one on TTE charged 200?

Yes, if it were my car I'd fit one.

jimxms Sound advice Smile Most of the ones I've bookmarked have had either 9mm or 12mm fittings.

Stock on my car is 14mm. Measure yours before you buy! Specifically check the fittings not the size of hoses they come with.

jimxms So there's no point in recirculating? Would the air not be compressed/boost that could be put to good use?

I'll have to ask the Supra crows about hooking the PCV's together then, unless Stav or anyone else has a similar setup already?

No it's not compressed. What you're collecting there is air that's worked past the compression rings and into the crankcase (or blow-by). Even with a catch can, you will still get a very small amount of oil vapour passing through, so you might as well prevent that from entering the air intake by sticking a breather on the end.

Catch me if you can! - jimxms - 23-05-2019

Maybe I'm missing sommit being the n00b that I am...But if you're not recircing, do you even need a catch can?

Could just as well do with a Fruit Shoot bottle hidden under the car somewhere? Or even easier, just run the hose from the PCV out to the ground?

Catch me if you can! - Stoney - 23-05-2019

Well done Jim. Now you have me looking on ebay at Oil Catch Cans. I've decided I have to have the £60+ Cusco one! I blame you for this.

I though only one hose was need to feed it, and a breather (unlike your drawing above) and a fairly hefty looking hose at that. Then I remembered where I got that idea. Might not be much help to you, but may be to others (and me!) I found a pic of a catch can (this is a different can, obviously) fitted to a supercharged 200.
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(All I had to do was google image search "sparkystav") Smile

Catch me if you can! - toxo - 23-05-2019

Stoney, the 1G engine has a single cam cover where the 2JZ has 2 cam covers so has 2 vents.

There's nothing special about a catch can, it's just an alloy tank, sometimes with an oil level thing on them. They aren't baffled or anything. A friend of mine did own a car once that had a Pepsi bottle as a catch can Smile

PCV hose leading to the outside world would leave you with oil ending up places you didn't want it and you'd have no gauge on how much (if any) had come out.

Catch me if you can! - jimxms - 23-05-2019

Stoney Well done Jim. Now you have me looking on ebay at Oil Catch Cans. I've decided I have to have the £60+ Cusco one! I blame you for this.

Sorry dude. But it does look very shiny doesn't it.

This one is also very nice:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320668357311&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Catch me if you can! - Stoney - 23-05-2019

Thanks Toxo. Good info.

That one is nice too Jim. Less shiny, more carbony. I think I'll stay away from the carbon theme, as that is an even more slippery and expensive slope than the shiny one!

Catch me if you can! - jay_russell - 23-05-2019

i have one to, get a small amount of oil after 1 years running, i have mine connected to the air intake pipe just after the filter so it draws air out of the top block. this is the way my mapper fitted it Smile

Catch me if you can! - Sparkystav - 23-05-2019

jimxms Maybe I'm missing sommit being the n00b that I am...But if you're not recircing, do you even need a catch can?

Could just as well do with a Fruit Shoot bottle hidden under the car somewhere? Or even easier, just run the hose from the PCV out to the ground?

Yeah you could do, but you'd miss the engine bling lol

Stoney [Image: Enginebayf.jpg]
(All I had to do was google image search "sparkystav") Smile

That catch can came with my charger kit and had a nifty holder that hooked under the headlight holder

Catch me if you can! - Stoney - 23-05-2019

Well this is how mine was set up before. Think I will get a can this time though. Not sure I need oil feeding into my charger.

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