Oil Breather
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Thanks to the good old EPA, the oil breather can no longer be just let to spew into the atmosphere and as a result they now dump into the air intake, for the purpose of burning off in the engine. This makes for a gummy mess in your intake tube and especially at the throttle body. It's one of the two reasons why we have to clean our throttle bodies so often.
By using a catch can or a stand alone filter, it gets this tar laden mess out of the air intake system...
By using a catch can or a stand alone filter, it gets this tar laden mess out of the air intake system...
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I don't know that one is any better than the other, I just happened upon a deal on a chrome catch can about a year and a half ago when a local auto accessory store was having a sidewalk sale. I opted to go this way because I've made some stuff for the engine bay out of billet aluminum and I figured it would match up nice.
The filter will catch the crap until the material becomes saturated, then you just replace it. They only run about $9 in my local auto parts store...
The filter will catch the crap until the material becomes saturated, then you just replace it. They only run about $9 in my local auto parts store...