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Got my 1.5LX in April - about 2500 km on it. Nice. Very fuel efficient (I've been deliberately granny driving (mostly)) and getting great mileage. Should easily get 800 km on current tank with over 2 litres to spare (that's 500+ miles & 0.5 gallons for the olde).
I've been researching putting on a PCV catch can and I'm leaning against it. Reasons are:
To the point that MAPerformance dropped development of their own catchcan system (link below).
But, always want to hear other opinions.
Cheers,
Beast.
https://www.maperformance.com/blogs/tech/honda-l15b7-1-5t-pcv-system-testing-and-observations
Got my 1.5LX in April - about 2500 km on it. Nice. Very fuel efficient (I've been deliberately granny driving (mostly)) and getting great mileage. Should easily get 800 km on current tank with over 2 litres to spare (that's 500+ miles & 0.5 gallons for the olde).
I've been researching putting on a PCV catch can and I'm leaning against it. Reasons are:
- those with the catch cans are hardly catching anything (3 - 4 ml / 1000 miles); and
- it appears oil separation is built in to the factory induction system in any case.
To the point that MAPerformance dropped development of their own catchcan system (link below).
Of those 3 or 4 ml of 'caught' stuff (what didn't get caught by the stock 'catcher') what milliscopic trace would stick to the valves? The vast bulk of that would end up in the exhaust ...{From MAPerformance page} No cyclonic separators; only baffled channels molded into the valve cover to separate oil vapor.
The stock system appears to do a very good job at air/oil vapor separation, as there are minimal traces of oil film on the intake/inlet tract, the compressor inlet, compressor outlet or charge system.
But, always want to hear other opinions.
Cheers,
Beast.
https://www.maperformance.com/blogs/tech/honda-l15b7-1-5t-pcv-system-testing-and-observations