Decided after last track days I'd try a catch can to keep what oil goes through the hose to the turbo inlet from coating the charge hoses/pipes/intercooler/etc. Those hoses sweat oil now that I'm running more boost/higher power tune and there is oil residue throughout the intake track so figured anything I can collect is a good thing. This is on my MK7 Golf Sportwagen.
So this is a bit of a rigged-up system - I run a PCV and associated bits from the newer MK8 Golf platform. Main difference is there is a venturi setup off the turbo outlet to feed some charge air through a venturi to produce more consistent vacuum on the PCV vs. just having the vacuum under throttle coming from the turbo inlet/intake air stream. It works well and I have had no PCV-related smoking on track with this setup. I use about 1/4-1/3 qt oil best I can tell per day on track. This catch can works with teh PCV but was designed to be installed in the MK8 Golfs, not MK7. I just swapped sides for install, drilled one hole, bought one bolt, and made a slight bend in the bracket and it worked pefectly. Will be interesting to see how much oil collects on the track next time, I suspect on street it will be min/none. Nice feature is it's all with quick-connect fittings so easy to remove and plug the hose back into the PCV if I wanted. It has a small dipstick and I can unthread the can to dump without having to remove the bracket etc. I'll put a video together on my YouTube detailing all of this sometime in the next week.
https://www.radiumauto.com/VW-MK8-G...hjNPjrjNwJcbRPDngQ_aem_XlswyQ-agxc_aVQLOUraWA
So this is a bit of a rigged-up system - I run a PCV and associated bits from the newer MK8 Golf platform. Main difference is there is a venturi setup off the turbo outlet to feed some charge air through a venturi to produce more consistent vacuum on the PCV vs. just having the vacuum under throttle coming from the turbo inlet/intake air stream. It works well and I have had no PCV-related smoking on track with this setup. I use about 1/4-1/3 qt oil best I can tell per day on track. This catch can works with teh PCV but was designed to be installed in the MK8 Golfs, not MK7. I just swapped sides for install, drilled one hole, bought one bolt, and made a slight bend in the bracket and it worked pefectly. Will be interesting to see how much oil collects on the track next time, I suspect on street it will be min/none. Nice feature is it's all with quick-connect fittings so easy to remove and plug the hose back into the PCV if I wanted. It has a small dipstick and I can unthread the can to dump without having to remove the bracket etc. I'll put a video together on my YouTube detailing all of this sometime in the next week.
https://www.radiumauto.com/VW-MK8-G...hjNPjrjNwJcbRPDngQ_aem_XlswyQ-agxc_aVQLOUraWA
