My First Catch Can Draining

[corner-hard]

Thought I'd post up my first draining pics my Catch Can. Pretty surprising results on the first draining. My wagon had about 28K miles on her when I did install the Can. I drained it during an oil change - so the Can had about 2,600 miles worth of s*** to drain out!

(eekdance)

 

[Donas64]

yikes!

 

[cymx5]

MMMMmmmm mustard, cream cheese, and beer! You should open up a restaurant.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

yikes!

the exact post I was going to put up... thats a lot of crap for so few miles!

 

[paylew]

Oh wow! That's a lot of gunk.

What brand catch can is that? Do you like it?

 

[08SPEED3Veteran]

Thats EXACTLY how much I had and EXACTLY what it looked like lol. I do mine between oil changes every 3000 miles. its amazing how badly these cars NEED a catch can.

 

[corner-hard]

Hell Yeah! Its nuts! I have a Greddy Can. Its pretty sweet, not to mention pretty large - this way I don't have to worry about possibly have it become too full between oil changes/drains. It is amazing how our motors do need a Catch Can sooooo badly!

 

[mazdaspeed32007]

Hell Yeah! Its nuts! I have a Greddy Can. Its pretty sweet, not to mention pretty large - this way I don't have to worry about possibly have it become too full between oil changes/drains. It is amazing how our motors do need a Catch Can sooooo badly!

i HAD a greddy and it was manufactured like crap. the damn thing had a split on the bottom that was so fine i had no clue where the thing was leaking. i finally pressure tested it and found the crack. no clue how the hell it happend either. oh well. cant be prefect i suppose. i bought a large husky compressor filter and so far so good. its clear on the outside so whats inside looks the same from what i can see. nasty s***. glad its being caught.

 

[mazdaspeed32007]

oh and you should bring it to your local scientist. i bet you could get some sort of fuel/oil out of that to reuse! lol. save a penny my friend.

 

[Sport6]

i HAD a greddy and it was manufactured like crap. the damn thing had a split on the bottom that was so fine i had no clue where the thing was leaking. i finally pressure tested it and found the crack. no clue how the hell it happend either. oh well. cant be prefect i suppose. i bought a large husky compressor filter and so far so good. its clear on the outside so whats inside looks the same from what i can see. nasty s***. glad its being caught.

Like this?

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?id=100027474&jspStoreDir=hdus&catalogId=10053&marketID=401&productId=100027474&locStoreNum=8125&langId=-1&linktype=product&storeId=10051&ddkey=THDSiteMap

 

[LovinMyMS3]

What does the catch can do other than supposedly eliminate the smoking turbo problems? That stuff just burns up otherwise so how exactly would it hurt the motor?

 

[Mid_Life_Crisis]

What does the catch can do other than supposedly eliminate the smoking turbo problems? That stuff just burns up otherwise so how exactly would it hurt the motor?

I don't think anybody claims it solves the smoking turbo problem. It reduces the amount of crap being dumped back through your intake, which keeps it cleaner, as well as everything downstream. In extreme cases this might clean up your exhaust a little, but it shouldn't affect the turbo. The turbo issue is a mismatch in pressure on both sides of the seals, so you get blowby into the exhaust. This should not change that.

 

[Sport6]

What does the catch can do other than supposedly eliminate the smoking turbo problems? That stuff just burns up otherwise so how exactly would it hurt the motor?

Doesn't necessarily hurt the motor, though some believe its a cause of some the KR we get.

But other than that, we are direct-injected so we have nothing to clean the valves and with that stuff going through the intake manifold and building up on the valves, that would lead to gunky build up and poor performance.

Here's the outcome on a VW DI 2.0T:

 

[mazdaspeed32007]

Like this?

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?id=100027474&jspStoreDir=hdus&catalogId=10053&marketID=401&productId=100027474&locStoreNum=8125&langId=-1&linktype=product&storeId=10051&ddkey=THDSiteMap

yes kind sir! very similar....but larger if im not mistaken. works like a charm. mine has a copper filter on it also.

 

[Sport6]

yes kind sir! very similar....but larger if im not mistaken. works like a charm. mine has a copper filter on it also.

There's this one too:

http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hardware-Air-Compressors-Tools-Accessories/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xh3Zb8mr/R-100040942/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

 

[MGM_GT3]

Wow.. I should really put one of these then... Amazing

 

[cmw08.5cwp]

Wow.. I should really put one of these then... Amazing

+1 Im convinced.

 

[08SPEED3Veteran]

I don't think anybody claims it solves the smoking turbo problem. It reduces the amount of crap being dumped back through your intake, which keeps it cleaner, as well as everything downstream. In extreme cases this might clean up your exhaust a little, but it shouldn't affect the turbo. The turbo issue is a mismatch in pressure on both sides of the seals, so you get blowby into the exhaust. This should not change that.

. I installed my catch can and not only does it collect all that gunk but it does in fact stop my smoking from my turbo back exhaust. Now, whether that has anything to do with the turbo im not totally sure, but my exhaust smoke before i installed the can could have concealed an entire platoon of navy seals lol.

 

[mazdaspeed32007]

There's this one too:

http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hardware-Air-Compressors-Tools-Accessories/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xh3Zb8mr/R-100040942/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

yup. lol. this is the one im using currently. just need a place to mount it. its not huge like other catch cans either but seems like it would be able to last a month without being emptied depending on driving. its about the size of your hand in length and half your hand for width. its small but its mainly all container. so far i like it. plus if you cant drain it from the bottom ithe whole container just unscrews off leaving the filter and top still connected.

 

[Donas64]

. I installed my catch can and not only does it collect all that gunk but it does in fact stop my smoking from my turbo back exhaust. Now, whether that has anything to do with the turbo im not totally sure, but my exhaust smoke before i installed the can could have concealed an entire platoon of navy seals lol.

So this was you pre-catch can then?