QUOTE(turnaround89 @ Oct 20 2008, 06:10 PM)
Why will the oil go into the catch can rather than onto my cooling tins?
Beacuse right now, those ports are open straight into your valve covers. In fact, if i were you, i'd be really concerned about debris falling into your cylinder heads and getting inbetween the valve springs or rocker arms ...
On lower RPM, those holes suck in Air, but at higher RPMs, they will spray oil out straight from your valve assembly.
If you attach a hose to each and route them to a high mounted catch system, the oil vapors will accumulate in the catch can and drain back into the oil filler after you turn off the motor.
On a FI car, those oil vapors simply get burned by venting them into the airfilter.
Either way is better than leaving those ports open. Like i said, i'd be more concerned about "stuff" falling into the ports than a little bit of oil coming out of them.
And before you ask, no, just plugging them off is not a good idea either. They're part of the crank case ventilation system and should not be simply plugged.
Andy