Clean-side oil and air separator system and method
View Patent ↗A clean-side oil and air separator includes (i) a first housing including a filter material; (ii) a second housing including a threaded portion adapted to be a direct replacement for an engine oil fill cap removably closing an oil engine fill port; and (iii) a coupler disposed between and removably coupling the first housing and the second housing; wherein the first housing, second housing, and coupler include a continuous fluid pathway therethrough that extends between (a) an air intake from a PCV valve and (b) the engine oil fill port; and wherein the filter material is disposed in said fluid pathway within said first housing.
1. A clean-side oil and air separator including:
(a) a first housing including a central chamber therein divided into a first outer portion and a second inner portion by a barrier;
(b) a filter material disposed between the first outer portion and the second inner portion;
(c) a second housing including a threaded portion adapted to be a direct replacement for an engine oil fill cap removably closing an oil engine fill port; and
(d) a coupler disposed between and removably coupling the first housing and the second housing;
wherein the first housing includes a cap including a first lumen therethrough, the first lumen including a first end disposed at the second inner portion, and a second end adapted to removably receive an extension portion of the second housing.
2. The clean-side oil and air separator of claim 1 , wherein the filter material is a coalescing filter material.
3. The clean-side oil and air separator of claim 2 , wherein the coalescing filter material includes steel wool.
4. A clean-side oil and air separator including:
(a) a first housing including a central chamber therein, the central chamber divided into a first outer portion and a second inner portion by a barrier;
(b) a filter material disposed between the first outer portion and the second inner portion;
(c) a cap directly coupled to the first housing, the cap including a first lumen therethrough, the first lumen including a first end disposed at the second inner portion;
(d) a second housing including a threaded portion that is a direct replacement for an engine oil fill cap removably closing an oil engine fill port;
(e) an extension portion disposed between the second housing and a second end of the first lumen; and
(d) a coupler disposed between and removably coupling the cap and the extension portion.
5. The clean-side oil and air separator of claim 4 , wherein the filter material is a coalescing filter material.
6. The clean-side oil and air separator of claim 5 , wherein the coalescing filter material includes steel wool.
7. The clean-side oil and air separator of claim 4 , wherein the second housing includes a second lumen therethrough.
8. The clean-side oil and air separator of claim 7 , wherein the extension portion includes a third lumen therethrough.
9. The clean-side oil and air separator of claim 8 , wherein a continuous fluid pathway exists from the first outer portion and through the filter material, the first lumen, and the third lumen to the second lumen.
10. The clean-side oil and air separator of claim 4 , wherein the extension portion is threadingly engaged with the second housing.
11. The clean-side oil and air separator of claim 4 , wherein the cap is removably threadingly coupled to the first housing.
12. The clean-side oil and air separator of claim 4 , wherein a portion of the filter material is held between the cap and the first housing.