it doesnt do anything other than quit soaking the intercoooler/manifold boots with oil.

if you route it far enough back you dont smell it.

 

I did the ccv mod a few years or so ago . First into a vented catch tank, smelled a little. Then dumped it straight the the ground around the rear axle , was better but got tired of people pulling up next to me and saying my truck was smoking/on fire . I routed it back to stock about 6 months ago , couldn't be happier . Just my .02

 

I welded a barb on my exhaust and ran the hose to it

 

This is what I have been planning on doing for some time now. This is done all the time on race cars.

 

Or..

Just do it the right way.

I drain about 1 pint of oil every 1000 miles.

BD Power - Product: Crank Case Vent Filters

 

$375 hnoes: yeah right i spent about 15 to connect it to my exhaust

 

So far I just took the factory rubber elbow and turned it to face outward, then a 3/4" hose barb+ some more hose, ends near the gas tank for now.

 

Fine and dandy if you drive and park your truck in dirt.

I'm not an environmentalist by an means, but, I do tow a boat and do park on perfect concrete driveways and I hate the smell of diesel blow by. None of my cars leak fluids and I don't want to leave evidence that the Exxon Valdez = my truck.

The kit is well engineered, the hoses feel a little flimsy, but, have held up without issue.

I thought about the routing of the vent hose to the exhaust, BUT, you do have exhaust back pressure pulses going back towards the engine.....

So this kit makes sense to me :nod:

 

That kit is crazy no offence...

You can pickup a good catch can online for 100$ or less, then just buy the hose and mount wherever you like

 

I dumped mine, but didn't like the smoke I would see sitting at traffic lights. So, I built a PVC can to catch the oils, and plumbed it back into the stock location. Pipe inside a pipe. Center pipe has a bunch of holes drilled into it. Comes in through the center top, goes out through the side.

 

I considered dumping into the exhaust but didn't like the eventual idea of having oil running out the tailpipe..

 

If you put the bung on the down pipe I would think that the higher heat at that point in the exhaust would burn it off.

 

This honestly is about a 50/50 opinion subject that has been discussed for years and years. Some say on a turbo'd vehicle it helps seat the piston rings better, some say the diesels of old never had the ccv. Some say it helps keep oil from filling up your intercooler. My truck had 425,000 miles on it before I pulled the engine due to a major oil pan leak and I set the intercooler so all the oil could drain out. Well, after sitting for 3 days tipped to the side, only a couple of tablespoons of oil came out. I just leave mine hooked up OEM.

 

That's good info hucorey. You're the only one i have heard of that pulled the intercooler to check. That doesn't mean that's all the oil that has gone in, but it is the only oil that hasn't gone back out. Good to know quarts aren't chilling in there though. I'll keep my bypass just to keep oil off my boots though.

 

I will say though I have my wife Liberty CRD ccv plumbed to atmosphere. And she gets alot of people ask "why is your Jeep smokin" :rofl::dunno:

 

Actually I'll agree with the intercooler thing. i just had mine out and I actually degreased the thing... I was surprised how little oil actually came out. My motor is just a baby though.

Only reason my CCV is currently routed to the atmosphere is I was too lazy to weld a bung into the intake pipe.

 

When doing the CCV relocation mod, what are you guys doing to keep the dirt out?

 

Don't clog it.

If you're worried about it getting clogged, either leave it stock, run it to a catch can, or do as I did - run it to a catch can that goes back into the intake.

 

reason I asked about dirt is this. I work for a dealer, in the repair business. I've seen dusted engines from crankcase vent hoses that either came off or were left off from a previous repair, or cracked. They are wide open to the atmosphere so in the case of a PSD, I could see a dirt road or two letting some dust into the CCV if it's not plumbed back into the intake somewhere.

 

Two different problems there. CCV is positive pressure; dirt won't be sucked in. But, on an OEM setup, dirt can be sucked into the intake and cause dusting. The port is post filter, and the vacuum created pre-turbo will allow nasty.

If you vent to atmosphere, nothing will be sucked in. Unless you're retarded and leave the intake port open. Then you deserve whatever dusting you get.

 

"Dusting" refers to stuff making its way into the cylinder and damaging the walls, lowering compression.

Even if dust could get into the CCV (which is highly unlikely) it wouldn't "dust" the engine.
It would most likely find itself in the oil filter.

 

You're correct Joel, but he was referring to a stock setup with a busted ccv tube, or an open port into the intake. I'm not sure why it was a question, but he threw it out there.