Best Oil Catch Can

[@NATESINTERACTIVEAUTO]

Please Tell others in the NIA community what you can to help them make a well informed decision on if they should use a oil catch can and anything that has worked for you.

[@arniceousmaximus2183]

Ok I will after its installed Friday

[@mrjameschong]

in the end I did not understand which was the bad

[@DangrsDave]

THE GOLD ONE

[@saab9251]

God forbid you take 4 screws out to show the inside of the gold can.

[@muhammadbakashmar3166]

It's not just what catch can one uses. If the car engine is in good shape you collect less oil from blowby. If you use good quality oil, you get less blowby. If you drive more conservatively (mostly on low rpms) you get less blowby. Catch cans only can catch whats thrown out of the pcv valve. Catch cansz do not make thAt gunk.

[@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521]

I’ve asked him here on the replies. He hasn’t answered. I’ve wondered as well. Also he gets a lot of deposits on his valves. Must have a bad PVC valve idk.

[@DavidWilliams-mr5nl]

10k miles during a dry spell will give different results than 10k miles of humidity like during a rainy season.

[@randywl8925]

That's what I'm discovering with mine. At the same time I catch can media got coated with pudding, my thermostat was holding at just 180°. Ten mile trips were not burning or vaporizing all the moisture out of the engine. In fairness, my catch can had been installed for 4 months and the average temperature for the last month hasn't been much about 42 degrees. My coolant level hasn't changed much, so I assumed a lot of this is condensation. I'm building a new 32 oz catch can, twice the size of my old one. I also replace my thermostat so it's at 195 now. I'm sure and during cold weather, 15 degrees too cold is a tremendous difference.

[@RW4X4X3006]

I upped my thermostat from 192 to 195F and it made a huge difference in burning off that condensation. @@randywl8925

[@Scott-zc3iy]

Do you think you could por seafoam into the catch can and when the engine is running it will gradually pull vacuum and atomize the seafoam into the intake and clean the valves for you?

[@kamistake]

interesting hypothesis , yet to see if anyone has tried that

[@chasl3645]

​@@kamistake Thanks for asking. I was wondering about this as well.

[@randellgribben9772]

no.. the carbon has been baked on the intake valves,, no snake oil will fix that.. walnut blasting is the best fix

[@drummer4hire12]

I have the same foamy goo in the breather of my sand rail......I cleaned it today and a ton of that goop came out.

[@dashcamjourney4599]

Is a oil catch can good for all vehicles or just certain vehicles??

[@brakernight7881]

Gdi engine mostly or if you have after market turbo

[@josegomez6549]

It's good for all cars. Great for most. Over engineering for some, but when has doing better been a bad thing?

[@stevenkhan4344]

For direct injection motors mostly. Port injection it’s not as effective. But anytime less oil drips on to your valves the better

[@mikeno1uno]

Very good video Nathan I been looking at catch cans this will help me out .

[@nipsey3221]

Where can I get that drainage valve ? Underneath the oil catch can ?

[@timblackwell3196]

Videos are getting to be too fast, to quick. A little confusing. Im gatherong the gold can is breaking down. You've been using it for the past year. My catch cans are similar to your black can. They work great.

[@NATESINTERACTIVEAUTO]

I agree as im always trying to make them quick because I don't want to waste time but sometimes to much, thanks for being kind with constructive criticism.

[@Hardenth50]

use i ins tall catch can on honda hrv? or should i leave it oem pcv just replace it?

[@peterstarck564]

I can't find this answer anywhere! Which is better? Lucas GDI Deep Clean or CRC Intake and Turbo. What say you please?

[@keepitsolidkeepitreal2877]

CRC INTAKE AND TURBO AND AMSOIL POWER FOAM CHECK OUT VIDEOS 💪👍

[@robertrose3068]

CRC.

[@randellgribben9772]

all that is snake oil,, we have tested both at our shop,,best way is walnut blaxting

[@shahzadsardar6003]

Plz shear experience coil Catch can used or not plz tell me

[@rustyrollo9110]

Never had anything like that gunk in my catch can, I think you have other problems 😢

[@randellgribben9772]

yes, he has no idea qhat he us talking about

[@drkou8657]

The size of black catch can isn't small for that car?

[@wsbkleeger]

Damn I though it was Chris fix until I heard the voice😂

[@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521]

How come your engine still gets a lot of gunk?

[@jonschwartz9669]

I've purchased a Jtl brand for my 98 chevy silverado and it seems to catch about an ounce every thousand miles but never has the oil 🛢 looked discolored its always black not brown

[@NATESINTERACTIVEAUTO]

It would seem that yours is mostly oil vapor and less fuel inside it. Thats good and Thanks for sharing with us.

[@carlbrooks90]

Dorman makes a catch can, I use a racer x fabrications oil catch can, best one by far

[@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521]

Hey Nate. If I recall, you used one of those small air compressor filters on your car. Would that be safe to run between the clean side of the engine into the air box hose? I have a 2017 impala ltz with the 3.6, I have a catch can on the dirty side. When I changed my spark plugs I noticed a small spot with oil on it. Seems the air box vacuums when full open throttle. Should I run a small filter then? Thanks for any help. Your channel is awesome.

[@gixr5635]

Update on what happened with your 3.6 ?

[@meassavuth4649]

Hello sir , why we need to use oil catch can ?

[@EpicBenjo]

It’s usually for older cars that would have a vent in valve cover that would lead back into the intake and any oil vapours that vent out are meant to be burnt off by the engine. This can lead to gunk build up overtime in the intake and on the piston heads, leading to loss in power and performance. The oil catch can basically allows the venting to pass through it and allows that oil vapour to collect. Basically all that oil you see collected would have been sucked into the intake of the engine and burned off over time. I haven’t used one since my 85 Toyota Trueno, but I wonder if any are still needed today?

[@benjammin1212]

@@EpicBenjo There is a interesting video on youtube that advises against a catch can, it went something like this.. A catch can basically slows down the venting so that the vapours condense into a fluid and can be caught, the problem is that the vapours are not being burnt off quickly enough due to the can and the length of the hoses etc, This causes a build up of gases which then causes issues..The guy tested this by pushing air through the original crankcase breather and then the catch can. there was a marked difference in the psi from the can, it was much lower..So its not allowing gases to pass through it quickly enough.. I'm presuming that the many videos that claim to have engine damage after using a catch can is due to this..His argument was that the risk of engine damage kinda outweighs a little build up of oil etc in the inlet manifold, which can be cleaned..After watching this i decided against a catch can..

[@EpicBenjo]

@@benjammin1212 Interestjng. Does this go for cars from the 80s and 90s as well? Or just for newer cars?

[@clark5242]

@@benjammin1212 The whole point of a catch can is to slow down the velocity of the crankcase vapors/contaminants so they can drop out and be collected, instead of being deposited on valves/pistons etc. So I don't quite follow what you stated there.

[@benjammin1212]

@@clark5242 you have basically stated exactly what the problem could be, the slowing down of the vapors, as i stated, i'm no mechanic, but there are plenty of utube vids talking about engine damage.. once you add the can and its hoses it possibly slows it down too much..

[@eagle5720]

Hot air from the crankcase vaporized in the catch can n turn water.

[@randellgribben9772]

what???

[@crisoforoc3752]

Tu sistema está mezclando agua condensada con aceite. Revisa la tapa de aceite de tu motor, quizá tu empaque de cabeza esté dañado. O tu sistema de admisión turbo está condensando agua si tienes conectado el retorno a la admisión.

[@cesarofc6383]

Tengo un GLI 2.0 tfsi, recién instalé catch can y sale igual al del video, cabe destacar que no consume nada de refrigerante, hace como 1 año se cambió junta de cabeza por otro problema, el coche anda sin problema pero me sacó de onda el porqué sale agua con aceite repito. Idéntico al del video

[@knolez1546]

It's black in turbo direct diesel engines

[@randellgribben9772]

that car/engine has problems . my ford fusion 2014 vep 2.0 engine.. even after 6 months.. gas almost no oil in the oil vapor separator/catch can, even with 194300 miles on a well taken care of engine

[@talansari]

OCC shouldn't be installed by all means in any modern cars the harm it will do is much more than its benefits

[@FFmybest]

What do you mean "any modern car", and what do you mean "the harm it will do"?

[@FalconWing1813]

What issues do catch can cause?

[@Hardenth50]

i see some good benefits but saw video of scotty he said good for gdi but not in ejections cars or new mondern car but i see even small bad oil better than nothing? some say in winter need to keep can empty? so hard to understand@@FalconWing1813

[@danielmogos8990]

Thats a blown head gasket. No oil in the world should have that color, doesnt matter if is changed or not.

[@clark5242]

if there is a vacuum leak in the can that would foam up the oil like that I would bet.

[@randellgribben9772]

correct

[@wtevensard9468]

Great pikture storee Cletus. How’s Aileen goen? Hahaha 🤘🏻🇦🇺

[@nealsturges5879]

THIS GOOP IS JUST WATER IN THE OIL ' CONDENSATION DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE AND THE WEATHER TEMP AND HUMIDITY OF YOUR AREA ' WITHOUT A CATCH CAN ' YOU WOULD NEVER NOTICE THIS IN YOUR DRAIN OIL FROM A NORMAL OIL CHANGE INTERVAL 'MUCH BETTER IN THE CATCH CAN THEN IN THE ENGINE OIL PAN : - )

[@randellgribben9772]

its a blown head gasket

[@tamiibrock6176]

It looks the water is entering your intake from outside.