Finally the CCV Mod kit is done...
#31
03-19-2009, 05:26 PM
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Not to diss, but you are basically negating any effect the CCV mod does for the truck by running it back to the intake. The dog house is already stuffed full of SS wool, so running it back to a catch can with more SS wool only adds restriction. Plus the SS wool will not take all the oil out of the mist, and you will still be dumping oily mist into your inake, and IC. There is a reason that International vents theirs to the atomosphere.
And, no Costa, nothing will get coated with oil. The smell is not as bad as you have been lead to believe. Yeah sure it stinks if you get under the truck while it is running and directly breathe the vapors out of the hose, but if you in the carpool line waiting for your kids to get out of school, you will not see other folks opening their doors to throw up after getting a wiff. I guess what I am saying is that it dissapates VERY quickly, and only if the wind is just right will you ever smell it while sitting in at a red light with the windows down.
OC is good sometimes Costa, but you are over thinking this. In the three years that I have had my CCV open to atmosphere (oh, and BTW I am running dual CCVs, one on the filler tube, and one on the doghouse) I have yet to see a drop of oil in my driveway from it.
And, no Costa, nothing will get coated with oil. The smell is not as bad as you have been lead to believe. Yeah sure it stinks if you get under the truck while it is running and directly breathe the vapors out of the hose, but if you in the carpool line waiting for your kids to get out of school, you will not see other folks opening their doors to throw up after getting a wiff. I guess what I am saying is that it dissapates VERY quickly, and only if the wind is just right will you ever smell it while sitting in at a red light with the windows down.
OC is good sometimes Costa, but you are over thinking this. In the three years that I have had my CCV open to atmosphere (oh, and BTW I am running dual CCVs, one on the filler tube, and one on the doghouse) I have yet to see a drop of oil in my driveway from it.
Out of curiosity, where does your hose end Brandon?
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03-19-2009, 05:48 PM
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I used to get quite a chug of smelly crap from the end of the hose, after switching to Rotella T it has decreased a lot. My big complaint (which is mostly my fault) is that the end of the hose was right behind the rear door, so every time I was loading one of my kiddos into the truck I was right there in the thick of it. I'm still undecided on building a trap for it... I think I'm going to shorten the hose up a bit and try that for a while.
Out of curiosity, where does your hose end Brandon?
Out of curiosity, where does your hose end Brandon?
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03-19-2009, 06:45 PM
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The smell is not as bad as you have been lead to believe. Yeah sure it stinks if you get under the truck while it is running and directly breathe the vapors out of the hose, but if you in the carpool line waiting for your kids to get out of school, you will not see other folks opening their doors to throw up after getting a wiff. I guess what I am saying is that it dissapates VERY quickly, and only if the wind is just right will you ever smell it while sitting in at a red light with the windows down.
Now I may be the exception and not the rule, but the fumes bugged the crap out of me, so I ran them to a catchcan, and back into the END of the filter (where the useless filterminder is supposed to go when you do the 6637). So far, after checking, there is NO OILY mist going thru my tubes. Everything stays clean, or relative clean, since I travel some dusty dirt roads and dust ends up on everything anyway.
And, maybe mine was blowing more fumes than others. I tried the oil cap trick, and there isn't enough fumes to knock it off, so I dont' think there is too much blowby. Point being, that mine was noticeable to me and others, and I didn't want people pointing and give any more ammo to those who think diesels are dirty.
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03-19-2009, 07:14 PM
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#37
03-19-2009, 11:28 PM
Thought I had heard someone tried that and it caused back pressure into the crankcase?
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#39
03-21-2009, 10:09 AM
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In my personal experience, this was not the case. There were A LOT of times in the spring/summer when everybody is cruising withe the windows down, that I saw/heard people beside me rolling up their windows and/or point to my truck while "fanning" the fumes away from their noses. Obviously at speed you wouldn't smell it, but if I was stopped, I COULD smell it easy. Unless the wind was blowing really hard, it was noticeable.
Now I may be the exception and not the rule, but the fumes bugged the crap out of me, so I ran them to a catchcan, and back into the END of the filter (where the useless filterminder is supposed to go when you do the 6637). So far, after checking, there is NO OILY mist going thru my tubes. Everything stays clean, or relative clean, since I travel some dusty dirt roads and dust ends up on everything anyway.
And, maybe mine was blowing more fumes than others. I tried the oil cap trick, and there isn't enough fumes to knock it off, so I dont' think there is too much blowby. Point being, that mine was noticeable to me and others, and I didn't want people pointing and give any more ammo to those who think diesels are dirty.
Now I may be the exception and not the rule, but the fumes bugged the crap out of me, so I ran them to a catchcan, and back into the END of the filter (where the useless filterminder is supposed to go when you do the 6637). So far, after checking, there is NO OILY mist going thru my tubes. Everything stays clean, or relative clean, since I travel some dusty dirt roads and dust ends up on everything anyway.
And, maybe mine was blowing more fumes than others. I tried the oil cap trick, and there isn't enough fumes to knock it off, so I dont' think there is too much blowby. Point being, that mine was noticeable to me and others, and I didn't want people pointing and give any more ammo to those who think diesels are dirty.
I'm considering restoring the CCV back to stock, (please no tar and feathers, gang.
).Reason for that is there is a very small amount of fuel value in the blowby gasses and there is a small chance that it will increase my fuel economy by doing so.
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Mostly just rambling about it, however.
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03-21-2009, 10:23 AM
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03-21-2009, 10:26 AM
#43
03-21-2009, 10:32 AM
Kinda like with my stacks being on only a week I have had 3 people ask if they were real Who the heck puts on fake stacks??
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03-21-2009, 11:52 AM
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Of course he also drives a Chebby....
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03-21-2009, 11:54 AM
This guy: http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...on06/chevy.jpg
Of course he also drives a Chebby....
Of course he also drives a Chebby....