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Originally Posted by MANDALAY
One other thing you might want to consider is a oil catch can as its benefitial to reduce the amount of oil in your throttle body.
Also while you have your block dismanteled ready for honing tap into the block for the oil return for oil return ( catch can ) and oil supply for the turbo as like the GEN 3.
There are many pics for the turbo oil supply but the catch can return has been hard to find.
Man even on this forum and others i have asked assistance from the gen 3 owners in a pic and have nothing  |
I'd definitely recommend a catch can as well. At the moment I've only got a breather filter fitted to the PCV(?) in the cam cover and after a hard drive i.e. every drive, there is a layer of oil on the engine lid fan kit and that general area!
I've got a catch can in place, just waiting for some hose to plumb it in, hopefully tomorrow. At first we're just going to monitor the amount of oil collected and if it is quite a bit it will be drained back to the sump. The catch can wll not vent into the intake system as the oil clogs up the chargecooler, coats the turbo, reduces the octane rating of your fuel etc. I wouldn't recommend it unless you really have to due to emissions laws where you are.
So overall, I agree with Mandalay and recommend a catch can in FI applications although it may be less of an issue at lower boost pressures (I'm still running 1.5bar ~21PSI).
Nik