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Originally Posted by Halon
Yes it comes out of your crankcase, flying out of your crankcase as small airborne particals that have been mixed in with a lot of air and combustion gasses. Then it settles back down into your catchcan in an altered form as a substance that now looks more like baby barf than motor oil.
I'm no expert though, just my limited point of view and interested to see how that works out for you guys. Best of luck to ya!
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right, but like i said, when you've been running for hours in a race, the stuff that comes out of a catch can is pretty much just oil. At least on our car it is. That stuff is going to be mixed up with oil anyway, as it blends with sloshed up oil in your crankcase.
And since we were filling our quart catch can with oil every 2 hour stint, we'd also come in and have to top off the oil every time. Another step saved, and another safety measure to ensure we don't run it too low on oil.
Lots of people do drainbacks into the block, this isn't a new or revolutionary idea. Heck, the stock setup on our honda is essentially a baffle box with drainback into the block. That is what gave me the idea to do it this way.
Anyway, sorry to get off topic, but your original issue did sound like a headgasket problem anyway.
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