$56 Catch Can Mod. - SRT Forums

Viper Jr · 10-17-2003, 09:55 PM

700km on mine and oil's dripping out of the IC!! Damm you CHRYSLER!! You should have fixed this for 2004!!!!

Well we had a $20 catch can mod, now we have a $56 Canadian catch can mod.

There was no way I was paying like $90 US and then another $40 for shipping for the Greddy!! That would be sheer stupidity so off to the parts store I went.

Picked up all the parts today and will be installing tomorrow.

I'll post pics once i'm done and all the part numbers as it seems the stuff the boys down south is not as readily available here.

Here's the new part for the oil separator:

SMC NAF3000N03 - there are a bunch of sizes but this seemed pretty decent. - $41.80

5 ' of 3/8" Hose, nescessary Clamps and fittings - $14.20

hiwind · 10-17-2003, 10:06 PM

got pics?

Viper Jr · 10-17-2003, 10:09 PM

Tomorrow... Pics be up by dinner time all going well.

White_Zzzzz · 10-17-2003, 11:00 PM

oil dripping? sounds like a warrenty thing to me!!!

gonzozsrt4 · 10-18-2003, 05:27 AM

Sweet, get those pics up and a quick "how to" as well.
Good hustle Vtechthis!

Boostboy · 10-18-2003, 12:09 PM

The way it is most likely set up is on the valve cover you will have a line running into a pcv valve and another going into your intake. This is there to take up the blow by. In doing so you give the excess oil and gasses from the valve cover a chance to get burned again in the intake. Hence the oily build up in the intake , turbo compressor wheel ic pipe and intercooler itself. Makes one hell of a mess.

The best way to deal with it is take the line from the valve cover to the intake and re route it to a catch can of some sort. Empty beer cans work well but aftermarket companys have come up with some pretty slick looking designs that are a little more appealing. All do the same job. The pcv valve line of the valve cover can also be dropped into a catch can as well. The nipple on the intake where the hose used to go before you had the catch can. Can then be blocked off. Her is a saple of what one looks like.

http://www.roadraceengineering.com/i...structions.htm

Exhaust Depot · 10-18-2003, 12:14 PM

Can some one do the $54canadian to $US then rename it to the $XX mod.

Yeah they should have came up with something like a catch can that sits above the PCV so it drains back into the head when the car is off.

rya · 10-18-2003, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Boostboy
The pcv valve line of the valve cover can also be dropped into a catch can as well. The nipple on the intake where the hose used to go before you had the catch can. Can then be blocked off.

Hmm... So what would happen if you cut the PCV line and dropped it into a catch can and just let the air into the atmosphere instead of rerouting it back into the intake..

The PCV is just a checkvalve, right? So there shouldn't be any problems with loss of vacuum if that's the case..

Not that I know what I'm talking about, so tell me why we need to connect that pcv valve back to the intake..?

-ray

Viper Jr · 10-18-2003, 12:27 PM

Ok got it done and here are the pics. I only put in the stuff specific to the way I did the mod.

A little mod was nescessary on the side of the airbox.

Here's the final product.

Ran it for about 50 km and low an behold oil!! Didn't seem too hot in the area it was in. Putting it over on the passenger side looked like there would be a lot more piping required...

Hey I'm lazy and cheap!!

No more oil in my IC

Exhaust Depot · 10-18-2003, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rya
Hmm... So what would happen if you cut the PCV line and dropped it into a catch can and just let the air into the atmosphere instead of rerouting it back into the intake..

The PCV is just a checkvalve, right? So there shouldn't be any problems with loss of vacuum if that's the case..

Not that I know what I'm talking about, so tell me why we need to connect that pcv valve back to the intake..?

-ray

If you vent it to the atmospere, you will get oil all over your engine compartment. Just ask alterego what happened when his hose came loose.

rya · 10-18-2003, 12:36 PM

I was thinking venting into a catch can, but maybe have the other end of the catch can vent to the atmosphere, possibly thru some sort of fiberous filter material or something.. (instead of going back into the intake)

-ray

Viper Jr · 10-18-2003, 01:06 PM

Unless there is somewhere to catch the oil it'll just drip / get blown all over your engine compartment. Messy..

**c2k** · 10-19-2003, 02:18 PM

DING!

+1 for teh canadian. kekeke

oh ya, check yer pm

cwepruk1 · 10-19-2003, 07:25 PM

What parts store did you go to?

Wannago · 10-19-2003, 10:31 PM

If I am right, that filter you are using has the ruber "valve stem" style drain plug in the bottom, correct? You basically just squeeze it to open it up to drain? I looked a the exact same one at Princess Auto.

The original 20 dollar catch can called for a Campbell Hausfield filter. CH makes air compressors, so any similar brand will work. In Calgary, Princess Auto on 32nd Ave NE has the type of filter shown in the pics.

If you have the valve stem style plug, you'll want to change it. Apparently the vacuum in the line can actually suck moisture etc, into the can through this plug and eventually into the engine. Replace the valve stem fitting with a screw type plug etc.

BTW - how do you have the actual filter secured to the vehicle? It isn't just "sitting" there is it?