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ullysses

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Hi Guys

So here is the situation, I have a not so nice film of oil in all of my intake piping and I am assuming that this is from excessive blow by.

Car is a 2009 F6 with 390rwkw.

I want to fit catch cans to both the PCV breather and the front rocker cover breather.

I am under the impression that I must run two cans as the breather is a vacuum and the PCV is under pressure from the inlet manifold.

The front rocket cover breather catch can is simple enough as I plan to run a can inline with the existing hose that I have running to the intake behind the pod filter.

I have also read that the breather fitting on the rocker cover is very fragile and can crack easily. Is there any trick in ensuring that it doesn't crack, such as work on it while it is still warm etc?

The PCV is a different story, I plan to run an inline can again however I am not sure where I should put the can. I have read about not wanting to pressurise the can so I mush plumb in behind the PCV valve, however I am not 100% sure which that is.

The first picture is the setup I plan on running unless anyone has a better idea?

The next three are where I am confused as to where I should put the can inline.

The last is the Catch Cans I have bought off Fleabay

Any help would be appreciated.

Also is there a way I can degrease the inside of the intercooler and pipes without removing it from the car?

(Might be a stupid question)

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I put a cap on the front spigot (inlet) and replaced the PCV valve with a PCV elbow and ran a pipe down the frame rail near the fuel filter. Done about 10,000km, so far no issues, oil stays clean and no sludge build up.

Edit: Capped the unused PCV vac line of course.

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I somehow managed to miss the other thread about this in my searching :/

It still doesn't answer where I should put the can inline on the PCV circuit to maintain its factory operation though.

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