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12-04-2023, 09:32 AM
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oil catch can full after 200 miles
Hey,
couldnt find anything so quick via search. Got my Camaro cammed and now my 2oz oil catch can is full after every 200miles/complete refuel. Before it was only half full every other 1000miles..Driving style is same as before. Anything I should worry about, or is that normal for cammed? it's a 2016 2SS AT8 |
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12-04-2023, 11:57 AM
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Drives: 2016 2SS Convertible Join Date: May 2012
Location: St. Louis, MO
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Did you install aftermarket valve covers or keep the original ones?
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12-05-2023, 10:44 AM
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stock valve covers. but what does that have to do with oil catch can? isn't that just cosmetics?
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12-05-2023, 11:10 AM
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Drives: 2016 2SS Convertible Join Date: May 2012
Location: St. Louis, MO
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https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=609759 Your oil capture in your catch can seems excessive to me compared to what you had prior to the cam installation. Maybe other forum members will chime in with their thoughts. For starters I would get a larger catch can that can store more oil while you look for the source of the additional oil. I would hate to accidentally have the engine drawing oil from a full catch can. Maybe include details on what cam and associated hardware was installed so others can offer their insight about why this is happening. |
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12-05-2023, 02:45 PM
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Drives: 2020 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Apr 2023
Location: Calgary Canada
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Your upper coolant tank needs topping up
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12-05-2023, 03:24 PM
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If a shop did the cam install - did they perhaps cross up the installation of the catch can lines when they put it back on?
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12-09-2023, 03:15 AM
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oh mam, you are right..shop connected them wrong. will switch them back as soon as i can
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12-09-2023, 04:27 AM
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Thank you Al Oppenheiser!
Drives: Red Hot A10 ZL1 Convertible Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Haukster, here's the RTFM for your coolant tank:
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12-20-2023, 06:30 AM
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switched the occ lines back to manufacturer instructions and still she is full after running a full tank of gas empty about 300 miles. normal country/city mix with one or two pulls
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12-20-2023, 10:09 AM
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Drives: 2016 1ss camaro Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: 909
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i have elite engineering one and do about 5 to 6 track days a year and never seen it been filled up
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01-08-2024, 05:32 AM
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switching hoses didnt change anything. still complete full after 200miles
4,000 miles after usual oil change the engine told me oil level is low and refilled 1Liter/34oz of oil any suggestion for a large oil catch can than the usual 3oz? |
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01-08-2024, 05:52 AM
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Drives: 2020 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Apr 2023
Location: Calgary Canada
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01-08-2024, 07:35 AM
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yeah, that's why i'm seeking help/advice here or someone experienced similar after they cammed their LT1
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02-20-2024, 02:27 AM
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the workshop installed their 3" catback exhaust on my car with 10-15% less back pressure than the stock exhaust
now there is hardly anything in the oil catch can, just like before. problem solved, don't ask me how |
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