For those who have installed the MPx Oil Catch can:

Which line is it that this catch can is replacing? The line circled in Orange, or the line circled in Blue? I'm pretty confident it is the orange line, but I want to make sure.

 

The orange one, the blue one is the fresh air source.

 

orangeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

heres my setup

 

Did you order the fittings somewhere or do they come with the kit

Think i should get me one of those catch cans

 

Thanks for the replies guys! So i managed to get the braided line off of the turbo connector, but how in God's name do you get the line off the valve cover?! I have legitimately been at it for 5 hours and cannot get anything in to push those 4 barbs out of the way....how have you guys got the line off the valve cover?

 

They make some kind of a special tool for removing that line in the valve cover I guess. I have never seen one though or where you get one from. You are about the tenth poster to complain about it being hard to get out.

 

i was able to get mine off by pulling on it realy hard towards the fire wall with nothing in there to move the clips. it bent them and gave more room for me to actually fit a tool in there to get it off. if i had to do it all over again i would have just saved my time and cut it off and just bought a replacement line. if i ever wanted to switch back.

 

Cut it

 

nope fabbed it up myself since we do pipe fitting at my work

 

I went to NAPA and bought these plastic things called quick release disconnects i think. They are little plastic rings that you clip on and it slides into the line and pushes the barbs up and off. I had the same trouble and broke my line when I changed my valve cover and had to buy a new one from the dealer but those disconnects helped out alot and they were cheap, only like 5 bux

 

u talkin fuel line disconnect?

 

They arent specific for a fuel line, they were just called quick disconnects. I'll go take a picture of them if i can find them.

 

This is exactly what I bought from napa

 

Subd

 

Yes he is talking about the fuel line disconnect tools. He probably bougt these ones
http://www.greatnecksaw.com/images/p...arge/25052.jpg
but I prefer this style because they work much better. I always find I don't have the right size
with the plastic ones.
AlltradeTools - Catalog - 648722 Fuel Line Disconnect Tool
don't know if they will work
on your valve cover because I don't have a lnf but it looks like they should

 

Harbor Freight!!

 

yeah just like JMS posted, but if u do cut them off u can always buy a replacement hose from CED for 30$ is ur **** like me lol

 

I have a fuel disconnect tool but it didn't work due to space issues so I dremeled the valve cover connector VERY carefully.

 

^ this is what I ended up having to do. I had the fuel line disconnect tool but there was not enough space (length wise) for it to fit in. You can see what I mean in this picture:



I used a hacksaw because I don't own a dremel. I was extra careful while cutting and was able to get it off without damaging/cutting anything else.

Do you now the GM part number off hand for this? I am also **** and want to order another one to have since the original now looks like this:

 

its in one of the other recent threads, CED has it half price of the dealer

 

I'll add the part number here for anyone searching.

New PCV Line: GM Part # 12606566

 

I'm going to give it a shot again to remove my line. I'm thinking about slicing the plastic disconnect tool I have into quarters to make it easier to insert. After removing the turbo side, I figure that I should be able to slide in one quarter of the tool where there is space at the top of the valve cover then rotate the line, slide in another quarter, repeat, repeat. I'll let you guys know if it works!

 

So I figured out an easy way to get the hose off! Plastic/Nylon Zip Tie Wraps or whatever you call them! Get some that are medium sized, a few mm thick, cut four, two inch long pieces (do not use the thin tapered starter section of the tie wrap), insert one piece at each locking tab to disengage it, then pull off the connector (a firm tug was required still).

The tie wrap pieces are great because they are very flexible and easy to get into the connector. Just use tie wraps that are thick enough to fully disengage the locking tabs (but not too thick that it jams trying to be inserted) and you are good to go! The hard part was finding where the locking tabs were but I guess you could cut more pieces and jam the connector full if you wanted to make sure you got them.

Here is a picture of how I got the hose off the turbo side just to demonstrate how this works great to get into tight spaces. On the turbo side the fitting completely blocks about a quarter of the connector but I was still able to fit the piece of tie wrap in to disengage the locking tab (The picture only shows one piece of plastic tie but I used four total).



I'm so happy I have my catch can in finally!

 

^^^Nice, will use this for sure. Love how the disconnect tools are in the background of the photo too haha