Oil Catch Can/CVV delete mod doityourself

[Smolck]

Looks like I will be joining this club soon. I just got my oil light for the first time since doing my vanos and VCG and OFHG. So it would be safe to assume that the CCV is the next job. No way am I doing that job after just doing it on the car I sold.

Is there a post where all the necessary parts are located?

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I should probably make a list somewhere, as the info is out there but scattered. The problem is, the catch can you buy will determine hose sizes. Some cans like mine are 3/8 openings, some are 5/8 some are 3/4.

But all you need is a quality can, preferably with internal baffling, two lengths of hose of the correct diameter for your can (or reducers like I use), a PCV valve and a couple pieces from your stock CVV hoses. Check out my YouTube channel, I have a video where I pull it all apart and explain it. It will make sense afterward.

[328ioc]

I should probably make a list somewhere, as the info is out there but scattered. The problem is, the catch can you buy will determine hose sizes. Some cans like mine are 3/8 openings, some are 5/8 some are 3/4.

But all you need is a quality can, preferably with internal baffling, two lengths of hose of the correct diameter for your can (or reducers like I use), a PCV valve and a couple pieces from your stock CVV hoses. Check out my YouTube channel, I have a video where I pull it all apart and explain it. It will make sense afterward.

I have not seen this video yet. Definitely going to watch it during lunch.

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[Hornung418]

Is the CCV that bad? Scares me to hear someone as ambitious as you afraid of it!

My ccv has already been replaced one by the original owner, and I have the second replacement sitting in the garage in a box. Not burning a lot of oil, but I'm getting that mayo sludge in the winter.

I'm not afraid of it, it's just a huge pain in the ass. School starts today and I cannot afford to have a lot of downtime having just spent $2600 on getting my front end repaired.

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[ryankokesh]

I'm not afraid of it, it's just a huge pain in the ass. School starts today and I cannot afford to have a lot of downtime having just spent $2600 on getting my front end repaired.

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How long did it take you when you did it?


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[Hornung418]

How long did it take you when you did it?


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Pulled the manifold and fixed a whole bunch of stuff. Took like 6 hours.

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[ryankokesh]

Pulled the manifold and fixed a whole bunch of stuff. Took like 6 hours.

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Ah, gotcha.


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[Smolck]

I agreed to give my stock CVV to a member of Bimmerfest last week for free. I forgot that I never took mine off the car when I did my catch can. But, I made a promise so I had to get it off and in the mail. So Friday night I dug into it and had the CVV out in an hour. It is a really easy job once you have done it about 20 times.

[ryankokesh]

I agreed to give my stock CVV to a member of Bimmerfest last week for free. I forgot that I never took mine off the car when I did my catch can. But, I made a promise so I had to get it off and in the mail. So Friday night I dug into it and had the CVV out in an hour. It is a really easy job once you have done it about 20 times.

Haha, that's kind of reassuring

[Hornung418]

The unit itself is easily accessed. It's the hoses on the top of the manifold that are the pain in my ass.

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[Smolck]

The unit itself is easily accessed. It's the hoses on the top of the manifold that are the pain in my ass.

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I always found them easy but I remove the two torx screws that hold the plate that the EVAP purg valve bolts to and remove the two 13mm bolts that hold the P/S reservoir and slide it out of the way (won't leak if you are careful). This gives you all the room you need to get the hoses attached, easily and without issue. Make sure you understand how they attach BEFORE you put them on the car. The hose that runs in between the two intake runners has to twist to go on, the one from the valve cover pushes in as does the one that goes to the dipstick.

CVV's take a total of about 2 hours, 2.5 if you run into trouble.

Of course, now, I just take 5 minutes to empty my catch can and move along.