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This
oil separator kit keeps oil from the PCV system out of your
engines induction (Intake) system. This particular setup is
designed to prevent oil from entering the intake and
supercharger assemblies on late model 1999 thru 2004 Ford
Lightnings and Supercharged Harley Davidson trucks. On every one
of these supercharged vehicles, the intake and supercharger are
saturated with oil from the PCV system due to the high level
of negative pressure (Vacuum) created in the upper intake by the
supercharger, and elevated crank case pressure from piston ring
blow-bye, created from increased cylinder pressure by the
supercharger. Oil in the induction system of your engine can
create detonation issues and plug fowling, along with several
other issues including clogging the intercooler causing severe
horsepower lose and reduced fuel mileage, and in some cases
severe engine damage. Every one of these supercharged vehicles
should have had a system like this installed right from the
factory, but Ford never addressed
this issue. It really is a simple
fix, but you will see all kinds of elaborate setups out there,
from commercial refrigerant oil separators and airplane engine
oil separators plumbed with a spaghetti mess of tubing to
automatically drain the oil back into the valve cover and others
do not use a filter at all, they just delete some of the PCV
lines and reroute the rest trying to reduce the amount of
suction from the intake to the PCV system, causing high idle
issues and drivability issues, not to mention reducing the
efficiency of the PCV system. This kit works, and it has a true
oil rated/safe separator, not a water separator and once
installed its barely noticeable, not to mention it's
not $180 like the other true oil separator kits!
Over the past
months we have had customers come in with so called PCV Oil
Separators purchased on eBay and at other online “Supposed”
Performance Parts Dealers! All of these units were completely
inoperative. One of the units had completely sealed off the
crankcase, leaving no PCV ventilation, causing a tappet/valve
cover gasket to leak. Best of all, another customer had
the media inside one of these water separators disintegrate
and go through the supercharger assembly, it skinned a lot of
the Teflon off the rotors and grooved
the
rotors bad enough we had to replace them and remove the
intercooler to clean the little pieces of the separator out,
this customer was so upset, he could not believe so much damage
could happen in under a minute!
Here’s the truth folks! Most
of these
so called “PCV Oil Separator Kits” are nothing more than a mini
water separator designed to be used with small household/garage
air compressors!
They will not filter
the oil out of your PCV system properly and they can cause
costly damage to your engine! If the supposed filter looks like
a filter you’ve seen in your local discount store by the air
compressors, that’s probably what it is!!! If they don't show
you a picture of their setup installed on the vehicle they are
listing it for, beware, they probably have no idea what they're
doing! I’ve researched all of these kits our customers have
purchased, most of these kits only consist of a mini-water
separator $7.00, barbed fittings $2.40, and a very small piece
of hose $.25, if that’s what you really want to put on your
Hotrod, grab $10 and head for the hardware store! These
filters/separators are not rated for oil, causing them to come
apart or clog, most of the other kits don’t even use oil rated
hardware, you will see; fuel line, vacuum tubing, and
non-oil rated fittings on most of them!
If you’re
looking for a real “PCV Oil Separator Kit” we have the answer
for you, we’ve been putting this setup on vehicles for over 8
years without a failure, and we're selling it cheaper than the
other so called PCV Oil Separator kits listed on eBay!!!
“BKU Motorsports PCV Kits come assembled and ready to install”
Kit Includes:
Oil Separator Filter, manufactured by “ZEKS”, this filter
should last a lifetime in this type of application!
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