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Catch Can ???
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 11:43 am
by kissankill
What does a "Catch Can" do, totally new term for me. Worth it for me to install it?
'07 Charger R/T running modified 93 CAI tune (love it!)
CAI, Straight pipes in place of the Resonator, 180 thermastat
RE: Catch Can ???
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 11:51 am
by mikel
Yes, do it.
They catch the oil that your stock PCV system sucks up and keeps it from getting in your intake.
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 1:01 pm
by NickLovin
It should be noted that oil in the intake doesn't only make a mess but if it makes it's way to the cylinders it promotes detonation.
Definitely install one.
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 1:44 pm
by johan
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 5:15 pm
by slack-axe
Installed my BT Catch Can last week. My STKR has gone from 3 - 4 degrees to a respectable (and repeatable) 1.5 degrees -- and the can has already collected a slight film of goop in the bottom.
You can't go wrong with a catch can. If nothing else, it looks cool.
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 5:54 pm
by Quick
The 6.1L will collect about 10 ml or more every 500 miles.
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 3:31 pm
by BHawk294
I had a Billet Specialties Catch Can on my Challenger and it was causing a vacuum leak and throwing a High Airflow Error and messing up my Electronic Throttle Control. A quick restart fixed it every time but it was still a pain in the ass so I took it off.
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 4:50 pm
by Mike_Levy
Try a decent company next time. Billet Technology is my choice, but plenty of guys also use the Elite Engineering and others.
If there was a vacuum leak it wasn't sealed properly or the hoses weren't tight. Neither is a big deal. Better to fix the minor problem with the can then have to deal with a major one.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 12:12 am
by UT_Freak23
2006 Dodge Ram Hemi
U7137
9r04
I have been reading lately alot of info about catch cans and was wondering if there is anything I can do for my truck. The pcv valve is built into the TB and there doesn't appear to be a hose going to or from anywhere around pcv valve. Any help on this subject would greatly be appreciated.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 3:01 am
by Quick
I don't think there's any way to put a catch can on that since everything's inside.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 8:39 am
by johan
Yeah our friends at BT have looked into this and there really isnt any way of installing a catch can on them, they do need em just like the car 5.7 motor, which kind of sucks.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 10:22 am
by UT_Freak23
A catch seems like a good thing to have and yes that sucks that we cant put them on our trucks. Thanks for the info.
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 3:54 pm
by electricmarquis
Why cant they be installed on trucks? They just go between the PCV and Intake port correct?
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 4:23 pm
by Quick
It's because both the PCV and the intake port are "inside" the engine. Nothing is external (like the hose from the PCV to the intake port)
Re: Catch Can ???
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:56 pm
by bigsnake
kissankill wrote:What does a "Catch Can" do, totally new term for me. Worth it for me to install it?
'07 Charger R/T running modified 93 CAI tune (love it!)
CAI, Straight pipes in place of the Resonator, 180 thermastat
Well worth installing and here's basically what it does.
It "catches" the atomized oil droplets that are in the positive crankcase ventilation airflow coming from the crankcase via the pcv valve into the intake. The purpose of the pcv system is to remove that flow from escaping into the atmosphere and instead to burn it in the engine. (Old engines had crankcase "breather" caps, venting out into the atmosphere).
The catch can captures the oil from that flow and stores it in the can (to be dumped every oil change along with the other old oil).
Keeps gunk out of the intake manifold without harming the environment!
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