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i took out my intake, plenum and runners yesterday and they have a thin layer of black sut build u inside, is this normal??? the engine is getting rebuild and i want to poss re-use these parts, can i just clean em??? and what is the black stuff???
A catch can is a device to capture excess oil from the PCV system before it makes it to the intake. It is very common with the 4th gen F and Y bodies with LS1 engines because they have a great deal of bypass oil picked up in the PCV system.
I have yet to see one used on a 3rd gen TPI but I am sure it's possible. Here's a link to one persons install of a nice, billet catch can on a new GTO. It's give you a general idea but isn't the only catch can available by far. Some people use an air compressor ail/oil seperator for a cheap but effective catch can. All cans capture oil so they must be able to be drained fro time to time.
The same thing happens inside LT1 intakes, carbureted intakes, 4- and 6-cylinder MPFI intakes, CPI/Vortec intakes, CFI intakes, and probably LS1 intakes - blowby or not. You can clean it out, but in a few months of use it will be back. Unless it is completely covering an EGR port, vacuum port, or the MAT sensor, it probably isn't harming a thing.