what oil separators

[NITRO PASS]

besides home made ones---what oil separators do some of you guys have---does the kit from RPM outlet work good????? come on shout out

 

[Cichlids]

I think emission standards will play a huge role on a lot of peoples oil separators. I have a L&S

 

[NITRO PASS]

no emissions in my state---which brings up another question-- eliminating the egr--i have a bunch of upgrades and want to eliminate the egr also

 

[CHUXSVT]

LFP oil separator works OK, but some oil gets through into the intercooler. but it does work for what it's worth. i heard L & S is the best working one. the one from RPM is the same as L & S.

 

[Chuck Norris]

what about breathers?


Also I wasn't aware that oil separators had an effect on emmisions, what sort of effect is that? I am getting ready to do this mod, and I was about to make a thread on this. Can the emissions be bypassed with a tune, or what?

 

[Black00Bolt]

im running a 2 breather setup on mine and so far its dry as a bone

 

[FlaHP]

L&S here. Very little got by in 25K miles. Its nice not to have to change a little bottle every few gas tanks.

 

[Fordracerx]

What kind of maintance is there on the ones with the bottle? Do you empty the bottle? Hpw often?

 

[Modded-Bolt]

The AMW Catch Can is a high quality oil seperator and it works very well. According to all the research I've done they are right up there with the L&S. As a matter of fact, some say it catches more oil than the L&S seperator. The only drawback is that you have to periodically drain the bowl like you do on the cheap air compressor seperators. The L&S seperator automatically drains back into your crankcase.

 

[fullboogie]

L&S here. Way better than the cheap air compressor setups - mine never worked properly.

 

[ChrisNelson]

My mini air compressor type works great.

I think this is pimp though-

http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=282503

 

[nicktoney]

if you want to be 100% sure no oil gets in and you dont need to worry about emissions go with a breather on each valve cover, and one on the oil fill cap.... and get your truck retuned to account for the unmetered air... once your breathers are on, and the tube to the lower galley is capped, the bung on the upper intake is capped, and the hole in the intake elbow is filled, how can oil possibly get inside?

 

[nicktoney]

chris-i read that post earlier today... looks soooo nice

 

[ChrisNelson]

Nick- Martin did a nice job with it for sure. What I like about it is the oil has a place to go. With just breathers the oil can spray all over the valve covers and engine compartment once the breathers become oil-soaked. With Martin's it will not.

:rockon:

 

[nicktoney]

with standoff do you think it would still soak everything? they are up off the VC about 3in

 

[Black00Bolt]

the way i understood it the intake was sucking oil out of the valve cover. with the breathers there is no vacuum on the valve covers any more therefore no oil escapes

 

[RedLight02]

Im a total noob on this subject, i see a kit on Rpm outlet for 40 dollars. Is this kit acceptable? Also, i just got my truck, it has 50k miles on it. Im sure the intercooler has oil in it by now? What do i do? A private message or anything would help. Thanks

 

[Scuba-Matt]

Redlight 02 The one RPM sells is junk do a search on "oil separator" there are many choices.
Yes you should clean out your inter cooler.
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=226842

 

[DriftwoodSVT]

L&S here, works good!

 

[RedLight02]

I have read the entire noob section, and i have been reading on oil seperator's and breathers for about a week. What is the most popular choice? so many options to chose from. You say the Motoblue separator kit is junk? why? I like the ease of use of the Steeda setup, any comments on that?