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Old 06-21-2010, 09:23 PM
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can sumone make sense of this

well this weekend i noticed that my oil catch can was half full so i drain it. but to my surprise only about 20% was oil and the other 80% was water. so, then i got concern so i went ahead and did my oil change to see how the oil inthe engine would look like, but it was normal. it been about 10k miles since i put the can in. i dont know if this is good or bad. could sumone give me alil input onthis thanks.


this is where the can is located


this is how the oil inthe can looked like.
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water vapor????

dude that secon pic looks like 2g1c
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Originally Posted by e1000
dude that secon pic looks like 2g1c
You should be banned for the mere mention...

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Looks to me your coolant is mixed with oil. Could be head gasket or crack in engine block.
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Off topic but I really think you should relocate the catch can away from the header and cat.
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whats a catch can for and why did you add it?
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Originally Posted by ontmiss
Looks to me your coolant is mixed with oil. Could be head gasket or crack in engine block.
i dont think so i could see the water doesn't look like coolant.

Originally Posted by infected
Off topic but I really think you should relocate the catch can away from the header and cat.
at the time it just seem like a good spot to put it. and everywhere else seems to be alil tight, for the can.

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whats a catch can for and why did you add it?
to catch blow by oil, keeping it out of the supercharger and throttle body, i think thats bout right. if im wrong sumone can correct me.

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