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PCV valve replacement
I made this today, to replace the plastic PCV valve that I gutted & epoxied back together...
It's a combination of light fixture parts, & a couple of other fittings I found at the local smokers emporium......
Oh yeah, & PC-7 epoxy...
Can't have none of that metal stuph dropping down into the valve train...
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Good use of materials there!!!Originally Posted by Ldub
I made this today, to replace the plastic PCV valve that I gutted & epoxied back together...
It's a combination of light fixture parts, & a couple of other fittings I found at the local smokers emporium...
Oh yeah, & PC-7 epoxy...
Can't have none of that metal stuph dropping down into the valve train...
Meet Ldub, now refered too as the 'Jolly Bodger'
Speed Thrills, Boredom Kills!!
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Gary Noonan
'01 S/C VX / '18 Forester XT
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That's funny as hell to me, since i used parts from a ball point pen to extend the input nipples on the catch tank....
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9 months later...
No more fumage' inside the cockpit...
No decrease in oil consumtion to speak of...
No oil ever accumulates in the catch can, even though the trip is all up hill from the catch can to the air box...
I do see residue inside the air box.
There is mysterious bad juju at work in our collective crankcases...
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You're not foolin anyone, we all know you just wanted an excuse to throw down some more carbon fiber in your engine bay-all I have to say is thank god they don't make catch cans in diamond plate
But seriously, has your headache/oil fume sickness gone away? If so I'd consider it a success.
P.S-Just kidding. I'm a closet diamondplate whore myself
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on me.
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with the Dubster having a machine shop at his disposal, no telling what he will come up with next
Greetings, Earthling. We come in peace... Never mind "Paris to Dakar", the VehiCROSS looks ready for the Martian desert.
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Interesting thread, Dub. Recently, I discovered that the Impulse has a "breather/collector" on top of the crankcase from the factory.
Inside the little black box there are 3 layers of flat filters, and when I opened it up, there was a lot of old oil residue in there. I've never seen anything like this before, but it sounds similar to what you have going on.
Bart
PS - Yeah, I'm totally tearing into the Impulse. Been keeping me real busy (and broke). Have a look if you want:
http://www.isuzone.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22593
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