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firestartr420 CAMM All-Star

Location: Niles, Illinois Posts: 1364
 | Subject: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 23rd November 2011, 4:05 pm | |
| Ok... so its been 3 months since my last oil change, and I know Im due for one even though ive only put 1500 miles on it in that 3 months. Anyway, the other day, I was picking up my hoodie from Razor, we started talking Catch Can's. Well, I opened up my catch can to show him the contents, and to my amazment, the damn thing was almost completely full!! So my question, is this large amount of oil normal? Should I be concerned about having that much "blow by"? Now, I almost always use my remote start to bring the car to operatiing or almost operating temp before driving, however I have been pretty heavy footed the last few months. Could my heavy foot be the cause for so much oil? Heres a few pictures too of how much was in the can.....   |
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Shawn1112 Founding Member


Location: Hater Proof Posts: 8657
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 23rd November 2011, 4:42 pm | |
| I have heard of people having that much. Mine is usually about half full every oil change _________________ "Don't talk about it, be about it" "Get in where you fit in"
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liljoejoe54 Founding Member


Location: Chicago Posts: 3769
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 23rd November 2011, 4:57 pm | |
| | Shawn1112 wrote: | | I have heard of people having that much. Mine is usually about half full every oil change |
Yeah mine was about half way too. But I guess it varies. I wouldnt worry about it. |
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mwa145 CAMM Pro
Location: Rolling Meadows Posts: 327
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 23rd November 2011, 5:55 pm | |
| Just Looking at that pic makes me cringe ! thanks god i ordered my Catch can today. Never to late i guess |
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jontoad Founding Member


Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 3436
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 23rd November 2011, 7:06 pm | |
| i don't get much in mine for some reason.
i think people get more in it this time of year due to condensation. i know it makes it look like a milk shake instead of oil when it has condensation in it. _________________  2006 black /SRT//8/12.521 @ 112.263 MPH (corrected time) 2nd place SRT8 shootout Great Lakes Dragway 2008 / 2nd place Maywood Park AutoX 2009http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQeby5cB1Q / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0So5e-GGXM |
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Illinois Chaos CAMM All-Star

Location: On The Highway To Hell Posts: 4588
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 23rd November 2011, 10:32 pm | |
| I don't get much either. I think it must depend on how you drive. Honestly I think most of mine just goes down the intake at wot all the time. It's no biggy either way. |
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firestartr420 CAMM All-Star

Location: Niles, Illinois Posts: 1364
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 24th November 2011, 10:15 pm | |
| well, this was just oil. black, nasty looking oil. I had always seen a little accumulation in it, but I never imagined I would have this much in there after only 3 months. |
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Moparcharger06 CAMM Member

Location: Hainesville, IL Posts: 1551
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 24th November 2011, 10:59 pm | |
| Hell, I check mine like every three weeks and mine is always a little under half full depending how much I drive it |
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moros323 CAMM Member

Location: Chitown western burbs Posts: 215
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 28th November 2011, 8:55 pm | |
| That is a combo of oil and moisture blow by it will always look nasty and that amount is normal...I empty mine monthly since I only change oil every 15-20 thou |
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markpleasure CAMM Member

Location: Chicago Posts: 50
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 3rd December 2011, 1:35 pm | |
| What is a oil catch can for? What is the purpose of this? Is this import to have? |
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Illinois Chaos CAMM All-Star

Location: On The Highway To Hell Posts: 4588
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 3rd December 2011, 4:15 pm | |
| | markpleasure wrote: | | What is a oil catch can for? What is the purpose of this? Is this import to have? |
It's a little can that you plumb from the pcv valve. Dodge routes it to dump into your intake. With a catch can you route it to the can and then into the intake. It catches the oil and junk from your crank case and helps to keep your intake cleaner. |
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inkedup CAMM All-Star

Location: later'ville Posts: 2896
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 4th December 2011, 11:47 am | |
| i checked mine and after a few weeks mine was 1/4 full already.....im glad i put on catch can...... |
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vagrant CAMM Member

Location: SillyNoise Posts: 242
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 4th December 2011, 12:14 pm | |
| Checked mine after about 2 months and I had just a dash (maybe 1/4 of an inch) of liquid nasty in there.
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crazy933 CAMM Pro

Location: Joliet Posts: 451
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 5th December 2011, 11:37 am | |
| depends on the oil, when I used Pennzoil synthetic it would be about 1/2 full after running 3-4000 miles. I just finished 9500 miles with quantun blue and it was about 1/4 full if that. |
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5.7daytona CAMM Member
Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 108
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 5th December 2011, 1:43 pm | |
| crazy933, glad you went with QB's oil! Brian is such a great guy and really knows about this stuff. for anybody looking at oils, QuantumBlue is really good and you can do a google search on it. i would highly recommend his oil and the oil filter from them. |
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TgTwist CAMM Member

Location: Naperville Posts: 159
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 5th December 2011, 5:05 pm | |
| Do you guys change your oil every 3k miles or 5k miles? |
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firestartr420 CAMM All-Star

Location: Niles, Illinois Posts: 1364
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 5th December 2011, 6:44 pm | |
| i change every 3k or 3 months... fairly religiously |
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Moparcharger06 CAMM Member

Location: Hainesville, IL Posts: 1551
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 5th December 2011, 7:25 pm | |
| I change mine every 2,500. Might as well keep in the safe side, hell, it won't hurt it |
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moros323 CAMM Member

Location: Chitown western burbs Posts: 215
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 9th December 2011, 12:09 pm | |
| Every 20,000 I change mine...and the amount of oil in your can will very by how much wot you do l;ol |
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firestartr420 CAMM All-Star

Location: Niles, Illinois Posts: 1364
 | Subject: Re: 3 months.... Catch Can is full?! 9th December 2011, 6:48 pm | |
| yeah, i do go WOT a lot when i get the chances too so it makes sense why i have that much oil in the can. What can I say, now that i've got it, i fucking love my HEMI hahah |
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