CCV mod elbow

What did you guys use to turn it down? been advised to put a small piece of hose off housing then put a elbow in then run it down the frame

I took the dog house off, turned it around and just put a pioece of hose on it.

I did mine similar to what Arisely has stated. I turned the little doghouse around, put about 2" of hose, then took a 90* fitting and went up over the brake master cylinder down underneath the truck. After a while I got sick of the smell so I put a catch can under there and rerouted it back to the intake. Here are a couple pics...

Arisley said:

I took the dog house off, turned it around and just put a pioece of hose on it.

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I did the same thing.
You may want to replace the orings on the dog house while you have it off, they are cheap and tend to leak.

Spatel23 said:

I did the same thing.
You may want to replace the orings on the dog house while you have it off, they are cheap and tend to leak.

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Yep. I can almost guarantee they are shot. Every single time I have pulled the dog house off of a valve cover for the first time the o-rings fell apart.

I used Ford Grey silicone instead of o-rings. I had the silicone, I didn't have the o-rings.

Well I used clear vinyl hose, worm clamped 2" section to the housing, 90 degree fitting, ran it down the frame. Used 3/4" ID

You should really use better hose than just clear vinyl. I used diesel rated hose.

Yup. The clear crap will get soft and fall apart in a few months.

I used heater hose about 5 years ago and its still "fine".

I also just flipped the doghouse around, RVT'ed it to the valve cover and over the brake booster.

I thought the heater hose deteriorated?

I turned it around and replaced the o-rings

Lang said:

I thought the heater hose deteriorated?

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the heater hose will deteriorate....in about 2 years itll start to get soft and breakdown.....

Lang said:

I thought the heater hose deteriorated?

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After some time, yes it will break down. But for less than $10 and a 5 minute job to change out the hose, it is not a big deal.

JBone said:

I did mine similar to what Arisely has stated. I turned the little doghouse around, put about 2" of hose, then took a 90* fitting and went up over the brake master cylinder down underneath the truck. After a while I got sick of the smell so I put a catch can under there and rerouted it back to the intake. Here are a couple pics...

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Where did you get the catch can. Need to do this to mine.

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bad12jr said:

Where did you get the catch can. Need to do this to mine.

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Tractor Supply. Will run you about $20.

Good deal. Ill check it out.

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:whs: do you get any oil back into the intake?

dustinz85 said:

:whs: do you get any oil back into the intake?

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To be honest, it may get a tiny bit back in the intake. But definitely no where near noticeable. The way the catch can works is by putting the oily CCV air through a very fine metal screen. It then routes the "cleaned" air back into the intake. I will post up a picture tomorrow that shows the inside of the catch can.

So there really is no oil going back into the intake, just fumes. It will never be enough to actually leave oil in the intake though.

The main reason I did the catch can was to get rid of the smell.

So who's running it up over the master cylinder compared to running it straight down then along the frame and why?

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So who's running it up over the master cylinder compared to running it straight down then along the frame and why?

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Some say a 'low spot' may make it spit oil down alot more, honestly my hose runs all the way down my frame to the rear of the truck nearly no problems here.