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Old 06-07-2013, 06:16 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SPOHN View Post
Seriously! Not sure you understand the principle. Oil weighs more than air. So gravity allows the oil to fall to the bottom portion of the can while the intake side pulls back in threw the upper chambers. Yes, it's that simple.

Even if you had a simple catch can with the in/ out hoses a inch apart/ across from each other the oil would still fall to the bottom. Simple physics.
I think having some direction arrows on the picture depicting which are the IN/OUT hoses might help aleviate this misconception.


I'm assuming when routing the hoses you place the OUT hose higher than the IN hose, so Air freely flows, but as you say Gravity keeps the Oil in the bottom?
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