bowtiebutler956
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I don't consider this a thread hi jack at all. Continue on. 
Matt
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A Better Oil Catch Can. Maybe?
- Thread starter bowtiebutler956
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bowtiebutler956
Active Member
Quick update. My stainless steel scrubbers came in, and I was able to fit 1, and 1/2 of them into the catch can. I figure I've tested this catch can enough to know it works, so I went ahead, and installed the Gates hose on it, in place of the clear stuff. I think I will eventually upgrade to steel fitting, and relocate it under the truck, as its kind of ugly!
Here are a few pics.
Matt
Here are a few pics.
Matt
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schiker
Well-Known Member
So when you opened up the container to change metal was there much oil inside the cup?
I see it looks like its oily in one of the pictures. How about the scouring pad material was it oily?
I see it looks like its oily in one of the pictures. How about the scouring pad material was it oily?
bowtiebutler956
Active Member
There was about a teaspoon of oil in the bottom of the cup, and the scotchbrite was oily. This was with 1100 miles on it since the install.
Matt
Will L.
Well-Known Member
Awesome. I wonder how it would do on a high blow by engine.
bowtiebutler956
Active Member
I'm not sure, and hopefully I won't have to find out anytime soon.
At the very least, I would think it would catch alot of the oil. Matt
handcannon
Well-Known Member
I have a high blow by motor. When I put on the HX35W I never re-mounted the CDR tube to the air supply to the turbo (all new intake silicone hoses, switch location of battery and air filter) because I didn't want the turbo to be loaded up with all the oil. Instead I used some extra tube and ran it down below the motor like the old road draft tubes. I frequently get somebody pulling up along side me at a stoplight and tell me they think I might be overheating, or even once they said I might be on fire.
I've been planning to make my own catch can, but you know how that goes. "Planning" takes a bit of time. I'll have to go back in this thread and find out where Matt got the catch can, and how much. Maybe I can afford to buy one. It's way past my pumpkin hour so I'll have to say good night and look up this info sometime tomorrow.
Don
Will L.
Well-Known Member
It was $25. You could do it all for under $40. This is the best homemade one I've seen for under $100.
n8in8or
I never met a project I didn’t like
Nice job Matt, thanks for sharing this with us!
hookedup50
Well-Known Member
Update 7/26. I installed this Mod quite some time ago, and figured I would post my findings. My truck won't start , so I am cleaning battery terminals and starter terminals. I had the air cleaner housing off and there was no oil at all where you usually see it. The catch can maybe has a half a teaspoon in it.
Thanks Matt.
Thanks Matt.
bowtiebutler956
Active Member
Thats great news Rob. I have over 10k on this setup now, and its worked amazingly well. I had to replace the idler arm on my front end a couple weeks ago, which required removing my intercooler. There wasn't so much as a drip of oil inside it. My 6.5 is leak free, and runs great.
I know I haven't been around much lately, but thats just because the more time I spend here, the more money I want to spend on my truck!
I really couldn't be happier with my trucks performance, and reliability. ThanksMatt
n8in8or
I never met a project I didn’t like
That's great to hear Matt! I need to do this catch can. I miss seeing you around here but I do understand
Will L.
Well-Known Member
That's flippin awesome!
Just stopping in to read up and throw a hi won't cost too much, just do like I do and live vicariously through all the guys that have the cash to spend.
Just stopping in to read up and throw a hi won't cost too much, just do like I do and live vicariously through all the guys that have the cash to spend.
hookedup50
Well-Known Member
That was a 30 dollar mod that I couldn't justify not doing. Now that air to water intercooler is gonna hurt.
n8in8or
I never met a project I didn’t like
You know at first it looked like it was going to be kind of cheap, but all the installation add-ons sure add up.
bowtiebutler956
Active Member
Thanks for all the great comments guys, and I think its great that others are benefiting from this setup.
I already went out and popped the hood on my truck a little while ago after reading here a little. I do need to pop in, and say hi more often, as I sure appreciated all the help I received here dring the resurrection/upgrading of my 6.5.
Good Stuff!
Matt
Thanks Will. Thats easier said than done, on the living vicariously through the other awesome builds happening here.
I already went out and popped the hood on my truck a little while ago after reading here a little. I do need to pop in, and say hi more often, as I sure appreciated all the help I received here dring the resurrection/upgrading of my 6.5. Thanks Nate, and its threads like your current ATW intercooler setup that start making me want to reach for my wallet.That's great to hear Matt! I need to do this catch can. I miss seeing you around here but I do understand
Good Stuff!Matt
Aishling
New Member
The price for this filter is $25 at TSC
Matt[/QUOTE]
lucky buggers. they cost $Aus125 here
Matt[/QUOTE]
lucky buggers. they cost $Aus125 here
Aishling
New Member
I used sewage pvc fittings for the intake and melted them!!
bowtiebutler956
Active Member
Ouch, that is high!
My plastic fittings are still holding up well. Its been 9 months, and at least 15 thousand miles. If they do melt, I'll replace them with steel.
Matt
6.5L
Old Iron Runner
I put this together a while back. Loaded up with some steel wool. Filtered. Not a direct picture of my CRD setup but you can see everything but the CDR. I just used a 90* rubber elbow from a stock setup, and some hoses, and two aluminum quick clamps I had laying around the shop that I welded together. It works. Keeps oil down.
