Catch can/oil accumulator anyone

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  • nefarious7907
    E30 Enthusiast
    • Jan 2005
    • 1170

    #1

    Catch can/oil accumulator anyone

    I have noticed oil in my throttle bodie and I am thinking about using a catch can anyone have any reccomendations in general. Anyone else have one?


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  • nando
    Moderator
    • Nov 2003
    • 34827

    #2
    some oil in your throttle body is normal. if there is a lot (and it's soaking your filter or something) then you have a problem that a catch can will only mask.
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    • nefarious7907
      E30 Enthusiast
      • Jan 2005
      • 1170

      #3
      Yeah I was thinking about troubleshooting blow by on my car, but everyone else said that its normal on cars that have over 200k miles.


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      • kowalski
        E30 Mastermind
        • Jan 2005
        • 1791

        #4
        i can't recal whether or not the 2.5l's have the intake vent or not, but if it does then check the rubber seal arround the top of the valve cover. mine was leaking on the 1.8l and i replaced just cleaned the rubber cap for the vent, and put a thin bead of scilicon or "the right stuff" along then tightend it back up. havn't found any oil in the tbody since then.

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