Oil in intake...

Kotta390 · Aug 13, 2015

So I installed my catch can on my truck THE DAY I picked it up. I actually ordered the catch can before I picked up my truck lol. I installed it at 12,390 miles and so far the catch can is doing a fantastic job. My only concern ( and this is me being extremely ****) is how much oil got dumped into it for 12,000 miles? Is their a way to clean up what might have gotten caked inside the intake even if it is an almost unmeasurable amount? I plan on taking off the throttle body and cleaning it.

Any thoughts or things to look out for while cleaning either the intake or TB?

SlowRoller · Aug 13, 2015

No worries. It won't 'cake'
Fog it with Seafoam through the PCV port, but still,,, no worries

Casper · Aug 13, 2015

Do not use TB cleaner to clean your TB. Counter intuitive, but use brake cleaner to avoid shorting it out.

SilverStreak88 · Aug 13, 2015

I was just looking for something along these lines last night. I plan on putting a catch on my truck here soon, but I pulled the factory air box/air hat and blew everything out and while inspecting I noticed that my MAFS had oil residue on it. I sprayed it down with CRC and the flex hose/air hat and got everything clean and back together. I took it down the road and had a huge difference in throttle response and gas mileage, I don't know where all the oil residue came from, but I'm looking at just putting a stand alone filter in the vacuum line going to the filter box - maybe that will help.

14BlackRAM · Aug 13, 2015

Second that with the Seafoam. I use that on everything. My lawnmower, trimmer, truck, car, and street bike.

Kotta390 · Aug 14, 2015

SlowRoller said:
No worries. It won't 'cake'
Fog it with Seafoam through the PCV port, but still,,, no worries

"Fog it"?? Do they have a can of sea foam that is in a spray type canister?

SlowRoller · Aug 14, 2015

Nope.
Disconnect PCV hose from CC on the side closest to the intake manifold.
Reduce that PCV hose down to about 1/8 inch.
(I use sections of smaller hose to reduce it down to windshield washer fluid hose.)
Have assistant maintain 2-3k rpm while you dip the end of the 1/8 hose in and out of a full can of seafoam until its empty.
Remove reducers and reconnect PCV hose to CC.

Kotta390 · Aug 14, 2015

Ahh ok. That seems simple enough.

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