excessive blow by oil?

KyLu II · 08-27-2012, 07:13 AM

i installed a catch can last week and after driving 300~ miles last night i decided to check if it had collected any oil. to my surprise it collected a lot of oil! ive noticed some people that complaint that their catch can didn't collect any oil, my concern is it collected too much oil in that short amount of time. i am happy to know that the catch can works and i now wonder if there's something wrong with the car?

Blaster400 · 08-27-2012, 08:10 AM

What brand OCC do you have?

KyLu II · 08-27-2012, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Blaster400

What brand OCC do you have?

i have the bms and the rb upgraded pcv valve. i dont have and smoking issues or excessive oil consumption. i usually add 1 quart of oil every 5-6k miles or so...

e90328i · 08-27-2012, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by KyLu II

i have the bms and the rb upgraded pcv valve. i dont have and smoking issues or excessive oil consumption. i usually add 1 quart of oil every 5-6k miles or so...

should be ok watch for smoke...

TruStinger · 08-27-2012, 11:00 AM

Thats not very much oil.

KyLu II · 08-27-2012, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by TruStinger

Thats not very much oil.

i installed it last week and drove about 300 miles, some people had it for a months and collected nothing. i know not all cars are the same, but i was thinking maybe something was wrong with the car...

TruStinger · 08-27-2012, 11:40 AM

Unless you have it hooked up wrong, I cant imagine you not being able to collecting CCV. I chalk it up to stupidity. Thats only a small amount of oil, no cause for concern!

Jeff@TopGearSolutions · 08-27-2012, 12:31 PM

Makes me wonder how much oil is in your intercooler before the OCC install!

ar design II · 08-27-2012, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff@topgearsolutions

Makes me wonder how much oil is in your intercooler before the OCC install!

+1... FMIC time!

KyLu II · 08-27-2012, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff@topgearsolutions

Makes me wonder how much oil is in your intercooler before the OCC install!

cleaned it

was gonna clean the valves too but i cleaned that last year(about 10,000 miles ago)

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TruStinger Private 10 Rep 76 Posts Drives: 07 335xi 4dr Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Anchorage, AK iTrader: (1)	Unless you have it hooked up wrong, I cant imagine you not being able to collecting CCV. I chalk it up to stupidity. Thats only a small amount of oil, no cause for concern!
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