What is the CCV mod?
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Originally Posted by martin14
Listen johnny8 stop stressing man, just go to dieselinnovations .com click on NEW PRODUCTS and scroll down, they have a crankcase vent kit for you.
end of discussion.
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The one suggestion I'd like to make here is that you be careful where you dump the crank case fumes. As you know, it is an oily bit. If you simply dump it somewhere under your truck, then from there back, over time, you will build up an oily residue strip on the underside of your truck, not to mention, you WILL leave little oil drips every once in awhile from the tube. I ended up grafting a 1/2 inch pipe into the latter part of my exhaust and then plumped my CCV dump to that. This way, the crank case stuff goes out with the exhaust and stay AWAY from my trucl.
Just my $.02
And for the record, I still used the stock piece of intake pipe. I took a hack saw and cut off the nub sticking up so as not to continue to create the intake flow disturbance. THen on the outside, I simply took a roughly 2 inch piece of hose, stuck it on the CCV tube sticking out of the intake pipe (this is where the small elbow would go to pull in the cc fumes from the valve cover), then clamped in on there, took a 1/2 inch copper pipe end cap, shoved it in the open end of the 2 inch piece of hose and clamped it, worked great and you can't even see it due to the way the intake pipe sits.
Cheers!
Just my $.02
And for the record, I still used the stock piece of intake pipe. I took a hack saw and cut off the nub sticking up so as not to continue to create the intake flow disturbance. THen on the outside, I simply took a roughly 2 inch piece of hose, stuck it on the CCV tube sticking out of the intake pipe (this is where the small elbow would go to pull in the cc fumes from the valve cover), then clamped in on there, took a 1/2 inch copper pipe end cap, shoved it in the open end of the 2 inch piece of hose and clamped it, worked great and you can't even see it due to the way the intake pipe sits.
Cheers!
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You could also build yourself some type of catch can at the end of the system. I just used a one liter Pepsi bottle, cut the top off down to where the opening would be a little larger then the hose going in ( so it would not cause a pressure build up ). Insert the hose halfway into the bottle, and wire tie the whole setup inside the frame rail. It never fills up, just catches the majority of the residue in the hose, the rest just escapes as fumes.
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After installing the intercooler on my '95 I found I had to add the CCV mod as well, and did it as shown in one of the posts above...using 3/4" hose, which runs up and over the brake booster, and down along the frame rail, exiting just behind the cab.
One occassion, if I am running the truck hard, there is a little misting that comes out of the hose, but I have no large amounts of oil dripping from the hose, thus find that with it running up and over the brake booster, any oil that gets past the breather, eventually just runs back down into the breather and into the engine.
My I/C tubes now don't have the awful mess in them if/when they are disconnected for whatever reason.
Dale
One occassion, if I am running the truck hard, there is a little misting that comes out of the hose, but I have no large amounts of oil dripping from the hose, thus find that with it running up and over the brake booster, any oil that gets past the breather, eventually just runs back down into the breather and into the engine.
My I/C tubes now don't have the awful mess in them if/when they are disconnected for whatever reason.
Dale
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To all the people in general, what will this mod do for your performance? is all this trouble worth it for the average joe cuzz it seems like there's to much to do fo the outcome. Is it just to keep the oil mist out of the charge tube and keep the temp down? like I said will this benefit the average daily driver? what is the benefit? 2 or 3 hp at high rpm? ............just thinking thats all.
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Originally Posted by martin14
To all the people in general, what will this mod do for your performance? is all this trouble worth it for the average joe cuzz it seems like there's to much to do fo the outcome. Is it just to keep the oil mist out of the charge tube and keep the temp down? like I said will this benefit the average daily driver? what is the benefit? 2 or 3 hp at high rpm? ............just thinking thats all.
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The main purpose is to keep the slick stuff from building up in your intake.
Eventually, and possibly, it can loosen the boots and blow one when you are in the middle of nowhere in your best tux.
Johnny, why not install another gauge to measure the level of yuck in there?
hahahaha
Eventually, and possibly, it can loosen the boots and blow one when you are in the middle of nowhere in your best tux.
Johnny, why not install another gauge to measure the level of yuck in there?
hahahaha
Last edited by Steve_250; Jul 12, 2005 at 08:51 PM.
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oh sure steve... give me another excuse to buy another gauge... the emptywalletitis is getting serious... and the wifeispissedatmeitits is so bad stephen king wants to talk with me about his next novel...
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Originally Posted by johnny8
oh sure steve... give me another excuse to buy another gauge... the emptywalletitis is getting serious... and the wifeispissedatmeitits is so bad stephen king wants to talk with me about his next novel...
Just as long as Stephen King doesn't want to talk TO YOUR WIFE about a new novel.
Can we say BTM yet?
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When I got my BB Turbo installed, the installer started it up just to test it without putting the air intake on. What a cloud of mist coming from my CCV tube. And the oil on my intercoller pipes were dripping at the connector when he took it off. It's definitely a good mod. I haven't done it yet though. And now I'm running more boost I notice I'm losing more oil. Yes right up the CCV into my intercooler pipes.
Anyone know if the CCV oil vapors that get burned creates more boost!
Anyone know if the CCV oil vapors that get burned creates more boost!
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Originally Posted by Hello
It's definitely a good mod. I haven't done it yet though. And now I'm running more boost I notice I'm losing more oil. Yes right up the CCV into my intercooler pipes.
Anyone know if the CCV oil vapors that get burned creates more boost!
Anyone know if the CCV oil vapors that get burned creates more boost!
(like there's a good time - right)
I'm doing it today!
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Originally Posted by Steve_250
Hey John, it's ok, you're still alright....
Just as long as Stephen King doesn't want to talk TO YOUR WIFE about a new novel.
Can we say BTM yet?
Just as long as Stephen King doesn't want to talk TO YOUR WIFE about a new novel.
Can we say BTM yet?
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Ok, CCV mod done, doghouse turned around.
Took about 90 minutes, only because I didn't want to buy a piece of PVC.
If you have a piece of 4" diameter plastic pipe or exhaust, about 5-6 inches long you can subtract 30-45 minutes. I had to cut and plug and seal the existing plastic housing.
Very little smoke, ya have to look hard to see any.
Pretty easy mod with stuff I had laying around.
Hah, and she wants me to quit keeping everything!
No blood loss.
Medium level discomfort, use a stepstool and a pad for your chest, like I DIDN'T!
One half can of OFF mosquito repellent.
Six cigarettes
One Coke
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Took about 90 minutes, only because I didn't want to buy a piece of PVC.
If you have a piece of 4" diameter plastic pipe or exhaust, about 5-6 inches long you can subtract 30-45 minutes. I had to cut and plug and seal the existing plastic housing.
Very little smoke, ya have to look hard to see any.
Pretty easy mod with stuff I had laying around.
Hah, and she wants me to quit keeping everything!
No blood loss.
Medium level discomfort, use a stepstool and a pad for your chest, like I DIDN'T!
One half can of OFF mosquito repellent.
Six cigarettes
One Coke
Pics and editorial in my gallery.
Last edited by Steve_250; Jul 13, 2005 at 04:51 PM.
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Originally Posted by Steve_250
Ok, CCV mod done, doghouse turned around.
Took about 90 minutes, only because I didn't want to buy a piece of PVC.
If you have a piece of 4" diameter plastic pipe or exhaust, about 5-6 inches long you can subtract 30-45 minutes. I had to cut and plug and seal the existing plastic housing.
Pretty easy mod with stuff I had laying around.
Hah, and she wants me to quit keeping everything!
No blood loss.
Medium level discomfort, use a stepstool and a pad for your chest, like I DIDN'T!
One half can of OFF mosquito repellent.
Six cigarettes
One Coke
Pics and editorial in my gallery.
Took about 90 minutes, only because I didn't want to buy a piece of PVC.
If you have a piece of 4" diameter plastic pipe or exhaust, about 5-6 inches long you can subtract 30-45 minutes. I had to cut and plug and seal the existing plastic housing.
Pretty easy mod with stuff I had laying around.
Hah, and she wants me to quit keeping everything!
No blood loss.
Medium level discomfort, use a stepstool and a pad for your chest, like I DIDN'T!
One half can of OFF mosquito repellent.
Six cigarettes
One Coke
Pics and editorial in my gallery.
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Yeah, but fetching the pipe would have added another 90 minutes to the mod.
I didn't feel like fighting the traffic around here.
Oh, another thing, since yer crawling around anyway, might as well lube all your Zerk fittings.
Heck, the skeeters aroung here are big enough to shoot as skeet.
I didn't feel like fighting the traffic around here.
Oh, another thing, since yer crawling around anyway, might as well lube all your Zerk fittings.
Heck, the skeeters aroung here are big enough to shoot as skeet.