Powell will send you a detailed how-to if you order the upgrade kit.
He is reluctant to provide this on an open forum so other shops can knock off his hard work

 

^ not that anyone has ever done that.......

 

ah ok so its $700 or bust? lol

 

just tell him u want it without the manifold and knock off 100 bucks, Ill tell u how to mod urs if u want

 

Sorry for the slow response here guys;

Im going to do another compression test on the motor, Im starting to think more and more its the motor. Slight hint of fuel in the oil, excessive oil in the intake etc.

As far as powells seperator, I dont disagree its a great add-on, but to buy it now would figuratively be a bandage. If i have to replace the motor I'm looking at 1800CAD for the motor, another $1000 or so for the clutch, a couple of new sensors, a tune etc, so probably over $3000 to get the car running.

Assuming the motor is the issue, replacing the motor would significantly reduce the amount of oil in the charge pipes to a nuisance rather than an issue. The extra cost of close to ANOTHER $1000 for the oil seperator becomes out of reach.

Assuming the turbo is the issue, i'd still be into the motor eventually since that one cylinder is low on compression. So the extra $1000 spent on the seperator could be better invested in a motor down the road.

After next week the cobalt is no longer my daily driver, so its not going to see the miles that it does now, if ive gotta pull a couple sensors once a year and clean them then thats fine, but right now my Tmap is getting saturated with oil fairly quickly and becoming an issue frequently, and it seems now that even cleaning it is not helping the issues (im going to be ordering another one shortly and hopefully be able to put it in before winter comes and the car gets parked).

 

You can run a gmpp lsj upgraded clutch for a lot less.

 

Im factoring in exchange rate and a new flywheel in my $1000 estimate.

No matter how you slice it a used engine and new clutch and flywheel is going to run me $3000+