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Old 06-08-2020, 11:10 AM
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The oil in the catch can is because of problems with the way the nipple comes off the valve cover and baffling. If you can create a bit more of a rise and/or pull from the top of the nipple (maybe add some of the fibre netting stuff) so that oil has a better chance to flow back it will help. Of course the flow you have from vacuum leaks(eg. rear main seal) and blowby the more the baffling problem shows up. Think of it as the catch can is supposed to be in the valve cover. The stuck rings I think can be helped by using premium gas and some aggressive driving. Works for me! The catch can is a good idea for checking on how the system is working but you shouldn't need it when you have things working reasonably well.

I can see only using one port on the vacuum manifold being a problem as well but not so much for your oil in the catch can.
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Old 06-08-2020, 11:52 AM
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The oil in the catch can is because of problems with the way the nipple comes off the valve cover and baffling. If you can create a bit more of a rise and/or pull from the top of the nipple (maybe add some of the fibre netting stuff) so that oil has a better chance to flow back it will help. Of course the flow you have from vacuum leaks(eg. rear main seal) and blowby the more the baffling problem shows up. Think of it as the catch can is supposed to be in the valve cover. The stuck rings I think can be helped by using premium gas and some aggressive driving. Works for me! The catch can is a good idea for checking on how the system is working but you shouldn't need it when you have things working reasonably well.

I can see only using one port on the vacuum manifold being a problem as well but not so much for your oil in the catch can.
Thanks for the input. I always run premium gas. Unfortunately, time and a wife that gets car sick doesn't allow me much aggressive driving. I need to get out on the freeway and blow it out!
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Old 06-08-2020, 02:55 PM
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Thanks for the input. I always run premium gas. Unfortunately, time and a wife that gets car sick doesn't allow me much aggressive driving. I need to get out on the freeway and blow it out!
HEY fifty- just want to let you know MrMcar from e46fanatics have used a liquimoly engine flush with good results- he outlined it in one of the threads @ E46fanatics if that should be of interest to you, try a search for his posts.
Good luck.

by the way , my E46 325XI touring is using the Bavarian Mod without a catch can and no oil consumption.4k miles now have not added any oil yet.

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Old 06-08-2020, 03:18 PM
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HEY fifty- just want to let you know MrMcar from e46fanatics have used a liquimoly engine flush with good results- he outlined it in one of the threads @ E46fanatics if that should be of interest to you, try a search for his posts.
Good luck.

by the way , my E46 325XI touring is using the Bavarian Mod without a catch can and no oil consumption.4k miles now have not added any oil yet.
Thanks doc. I've been using their engine flush at every oil change for awhile now. I change my oil every 5000 miles and I run either 5/40 or 5/30 depending on the time of year. I tried 10/60 to see if it would cut my usage, but it didn't really. Lately, I purchase 10 liters of oil for an oil change and I can count on having to put 2 liters in before the next oil change.
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Old 06-13-2020, 12:03 PM
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Thanks doc. I've been using their engine flush at every oil change for awhile now. I change my oil every 5000 miles and I run either 5/40 or 5/30 depending on the time of year. I tried 10/60 to see if it would cut my usage, but it didn't really. Lately, I purchase 10 liters of oil for an oil change and I can count on having to put 2 liters in before the next oil change.
Checked out a post by MrMcar. He recommends using a can of ERR and letting the car idle for half a day, then shutting it down, jacking up the right side of the car to level out the pistons and pour a can of ERR into the spark plug holes and let it sit over night. Then the next morning, crank it to get the fluid out of the cylinders and do an oil change. Run it with the new oil for 1000 miles and change the oil again. His experience with 3 M54 vehicles was that it appeared to unstick the ring packs and oil consumption went way down. I may give it a try.
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Old 08-26-2020, 12:27 PM
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ANY body around here from the original authors of this MOD back in 2015 or any users of this MOD dating back to those early years COME Back report ANY FEEDBACK please...
Would like to know long term effects if any...good and bad.
I m running this MOD for past 5K and starting to see little drops of oil on my driveway.will be doing an oil change soon so i will be able to investigate where my leak is from .So far i cant see anything on top.
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ANY body around here from the original authors of this MOD back in 2015 or any users of this MOD dating back to those early years COME Back report ANY FEEDBACK please...
Would like to know long term effects if any...good and bad.
I m running this MOD for past 5K and starting to see little drops of oil on my driveway.will be doing an oil change soon so i will be able to investigate where my leak is from .So far i cant see anything on top.
I've been running this mod for about as long as you. I don't have any oil leaks that weren't there before. I'm also using just as much oil as I was before the mod. The only small change I made to the mod was to run the post pcv line through an oil catch can. And it is catching oil. So, in my experience this mod has not delivered the promised reduction in oil consumption.
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Old 08-26-2020, 03:47 PM
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Fifty- sorry it didn't work out for u as it did for me.My concern is the high vacuum that runs with this MOD .I am not sure if it is detrimental to the engine and its seals .Some anecdotal reports on RMS stopped lealing cause of this MOD.
Hoping that my leak is an OFHG which I have not changed yet and not the oil pan nor RMS.
Have not added oil since the MOd and despite the small oil leak level is quarter above low.
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Old 08-26-2020, 04:59 PM
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Fifty- sorry it didn't work out for u as it did for me.My concern is the high vacuum that runs with this MOD .I am not sure if it is detrimental to the engine and its seals .Some anecdotal reports on RMS stopped lealing cause of this MOD.
Hoping that my leak is an OFHG which I have not changed yet and not the oil pan nor RMS.
Have not added oil since the MOd and despite the small oil leak level is quarter above low.
I'm glad you and others have had success. I wish I had. Someone on here suggested that this mod would result in fewer oil leaks due to the extra vacuum pulling air in through places like the rear main seal. Could be, I don't know. I didn't/don't have a rear main seal leak. I just did an OFHG change this weekend and it was not a bad leak, just a seep that didn't make drips, but it didn't look like this mod had made any difference in that leak. I do have a small pan gasket leak and that hasn't seemed to change with this mod either. So
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Long-term report on 2006 X5 3.0i 6sp MT...

- Nov. 2016: 122K miles: oil consumption ---> 1qt/400 miles.

- Aug. 2020: 135K miles: oil consumption ---> nothing at 5K oil change interval.

FYI: if you remove the PCV valve and connect the hoses directly using a simple metal reducer, the crankcase vacuum will be excessive and you will hear a loud hissing vacuum noise (very scary sound), been there done that and posted in this thread. So far, I am very happy with this mod. This mod using the Duralast PCV valve definitely increases the vacuum to the "correct" amount.

I will remove the Duralast PCV valve for inspection and photo for the group soon.

In many cars, this kind of PCV valve *should be* replaced every ___ yr/miles.
Does anyone here know the proper interval for let's say Duralast generic PCV valve as in this mod?
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