Mishimoto Compact Baffled Oil Catch Can VS Generic Universal Knock Off

[@emanence5]

No unnecessary yammering no gimmicks. Straight to the point. Great comparison video. Earned my thums up and sub. Thanks for making this vid.

[@Mr95Kenny]

Thank you! I try to make all my videos as short and to the point as I can!

[@mohsenalabbas7866]

I'm from saudi and I had the misimoto ordered but when I saw this video I canceled and ordered one like the knock off you have ... thank you so much this was so informative. Appreciated

[@abdulrahmanalyahya7018]

how is it holing up with you so far?

[@mohsenalabbas7866]

@@abdulrahmanalyahya7018 pretty good.. there is some leakage put nothing a plumbing tape can't fix ;)

[@kwbalance108]

@@mohsenalabbas7866 Where did you find ot leaking from?

[@SaeedAli-ho6jr]

Can you please send the website link to Order it?

[@hcr32slider]

Knock off or you realise mishimioto is pure ebay China marketed well?!

[@jeffreycormier3864]

Its about time someone called out Mishimoto on this.

[@Kenny.G-33]

They are different, if you've used both

[@antoncasciano8747]

@@Kenny.G-33 how

[@elvis_chen]

Different when paying the bill

[@BVonBuescher]

@@Kenny.G-33 You’ve had 2 years to justify your fu*kery… sill nothing?

[@hcr32slider]

​@k jones you're a bright one 😂

[@CrawldaBeast]

Yes, you can get the hose fittings in different sizes. I also found banjo fittings that allow for right angle applications to facilitate tight locations. I added extra holes to the banjo bolts for better flow.

[@SkorpyoTFC]

Most likely answer is that Mishimoto cheaped out on production by having a Chinese manufacturer construct their cans, and the manufacturer decided to cut into their profits and take a chunk for themselves by re-branding the exact same parts they produce with a generic label and cut down price. Chinese manufacturing companies undercut their foreign contractors all the time because once they've gotten the blueprints, there's no legal recourse to keep them from re-branding the parts they already tooled their lines to produce.

[@ViceVersace]

Can you blame them for that? In my book no. Imagine us consumers being left in the dark and paying their brand's egos while they throw dirt in our eyes by 'made in house' rubbish. No wonder why their economy grows like mad. When your 'own' kind wants to feed their greed, I'll throw them a fist or dirt to push deeper into the grave.

[@RobertEmery]

Doesn't prevent American companies from making a better product (if possible.) People with expensive vehicles will pay for a better product... but only if it exists. Is there a better (American) design that's not being produced?

[@hcr32slider]

They were always cheap chinese parts. Just well marketed to you guys in America 😂

[@user-vw6mu8gt6c]

@SkorpryoTFC allow me to correct you a little bit.. Mishimoto is not Apple. They don't have design. All they have is a brand. They find a Chinese manufacture who owns the design, and purchased their product, and stamped the "Mishimoto" brand on the product, selling 10x more expensive to the American market. While these manufactures also sell their products to other brands. (They are not selling to consumers directly)

[@janesanglee8735]

Just paying for the label per everything out here we don’t realize we are buying haha

[@Helikopterpop]

Love this comparison. More of those

[@marc9323]

Thanx from Germany...after your comparison, I bought the generic universal knock off for not even 20€. It works just fine in my Audi S3 @420HP

[@lukekilah6257]

I bought two of the cheap ones. Upgraded the hose fittings to 19mm brass barbs. Now I’m running dual catch cans at a fraction of the cost. Of a genuine mishimoto

[@Shitbird3249]

Why not 4 in series of 4 more

[@CONFUCIUS-f2x]

Better, one for the PCV, one for the breather, another one for the oil dipstick, one for the oil cap, one for the brake booster, another one for the intercooler, another one for the cabin air filter. The combinations are limitless.

[@Perpetuum0]

@@CONFUCIUS-f2x 🤣

[@TheNuclearBolton]

@@Shitbird3249 I’ve never heard of running 4 catch cans

[@Nitro1942]

Can you tell me what fittings fit? What kind of thread are they?

[@SurferJoe71]

Great video for those of us who want a quality product at a fair price. Currently the price on Amazon is $25.99 Feb.2021

[@moremolecules]

Thank you very much for the great comparison, it was really useful!

[@PontiacSpazz]

more molecules very much so

[@miketungol5736]

Great review! Thanks for doing this. I have the cheap kind for almost 4 years now. Recently it started leaking from that bottom plug. The teltail that it's leaking or sucking air is when you see the oil it's catching looks like a milky light brownish fluid instead of this blackish oil That you usually get. Frothing-Thats when fine air bubbles mixes with the oil and gets agitated. I was very tempted to buy the original Moshimoto model to replace it. But what I did instead is just clean the thread of that bottom plug with acetone, and apply Permatex black gasket maker. Applied it in both the plug threads and the can's threads. make sure no excess gasket maker goes inside of the can. Also applied it to the 2 hose Barb threads. Let it dry for 24 hours as the permatex black gasket maker instruction says. I also replaced the big O-ring, and the two small ones on the hose barbs. Now it works again like a champ with no leak. The two small # 21 O-rings I got from Taylor do it store, and the big one from amazon, dimension 54x58x2( 54mm ID x 58mm OD x 2mm width), or the 54x60x3 also works. they came in 10 pack.

[@AudiophileTommy]

Thanks for the info on this!👍😁

[@toddtoth3053]

Great job I am so glad I didn’t fall for the name product and looked at the similarities thank you for justifying this !!!

[@blackstorm86]

I would say, in all cases, keep the $15 can. Just go to the hardware store and buy the right size fittings for your application. Maybe cost another $5. $20 vs. $120 is a no brainer.

[@BVonBuescher]

If they didn’t get so greedy I’d still go name brand…. Say $20-40 more

[@ElectricLime15]

I love the “I don’t give a shit attitude”. Made for an entertaining watch.

[@bluegizmo1983]

Old video, I know, but the smaller fittings are probably better anyway because it will create higher velocity air which will help pull more oil particles into the can.

[@BVonBuescher]

Good lookin out bro!! I couldn’t bring myself to drop $300+ on a Vargas external PVC system. I went eBay, and after watching this I feel much better

[@EcFlipz]

Great video! Super helpful. Will be purchasing the off brand with better fittings.

[@GettingthruLife]

Not mentioned but worth noting, the mishimoto comes with a specific mount bracket for some cars. That is added to the cost and ease of mounting to your vehicle. Also, the mishimoto comes with custom lenght and molded/shaped hoses which if like my car, if the hoses were not pre-shaped, custom formed, i would have had nearly no way to route and connect to my manifold. Also, a way to tell if the mishimoto is made in china, im not saying it is or isnt, it will say on the box made in china. I bought mine 4 years ago so i have no box to look at. The companies in china can make product's look 99% like american made products. Thats what they do exceptionally well.

[@peter555peter1]

I was thinking the same thing. Thank you for doing the work and the confirmation!

[@glennshrieves7234]

nice review i was just going to buy an expensive one and found this on amazon for £14, great job dude

[@mehlsmountaingarage]

Thanks for the review, I used your review to purchase mine. I made a video and mentioned your video in my description! Thanks alot!

[@LordDeadSpider]

Thank you. No fluff straight to business.

[@clark5242]

Interesting video! On orifice size- flow does not matter but velocity does matter so going with bigger orifices is better because the velocity is reduced and will allow contaminants to drop out.

[@Punisher-1]

Nice review, short and sweet

[@pavelsidakov8021]

Buyer beware.The only problem is that it doesn't function the same. Upon further research there are plenty of Amazon reviews complaining about knock off leaking or falling to work as expected. This review is superficial. The higher price tag on M brand is because they had to engineer , promote, and produce while offering a lifetime warranty, so they have to recuperate the investment somehow. Higher overhead means a higher asking price.

[@kcee7841]

Mine arrived today, look and feel is great, figure it out tomorrow with install

[@joerivas9847]

NEVER saw the sense in paying stoopid $$$$$$$$ for a brand name whatever. Except hard parts like cranks, valves, springs, injectors, intakes, etc. Hell you could even BUILD your own catch can, if you are so inclined. I bought a couple of cheapo ones off ebay. Work perfectly fine, catch all the oil vapor, I empty them out every 3rd or 4th fillup. I also added extra steel wool in the can to catch more vapor. Tried it inits original configuration, then added the steel wool, IMO that made it work much better.

[@Lilmamakia504]

i've been looking for the bracket for the generic

[@JohnMancu1993]

I bought a knock off from amazon that looks pretty similar, only problem was leaking oil from the bottom bolt. I ended up sealing all the hardware with gasket maker and that was an easy fix. Recently I tried to "blow air" with my mouth into one of the hose and tested the amount of air that was getting out from the other side and I've noticed that was surely restricted. Does mishimoto one have the same air restriction of the knock off version?

[@Mr95Kenny]

Don’t know but that would have been a good test!

[@julianoliva2850]

Thanx bro... I recently bought an oil catch can from bullboost performance it's exactly da same that those 2 i will try to put it on tomorrow n hope that really do his job. For a 2011 Chevy Colorado 2.9 street race n drift project Saludos desde Ensenada México

[@leeisenberg]

Thanks so much for sharing this video, GOOD video. Thanks again. Take care. - Leeroy

[@2fast4all]

I bought the knock off last year for my Chevy and it works as intended.

[@alejandrocalderon7]

Installing one on my 2012 Cadillac cts coupe lfx 3.6 , I would take the Tracy Lewis RX catch can but for the meantime this will do versus Nothing🤙Thanks for the info and video!! Good job👍

[@tootiesmerrill3307]

Dude you need to make more videos. Str8 to the point . Awesome

[@samgab]

Cheers, you just saved me a lot of money too. I nearly bought a Mishimoto, this exact model, then did a last minute KZbin search, found this video, then went right onto Ali-express and bought the exact same thing for about 1/10th the price. The one I ordered also has the correct (for my car) 1/2" sized hose barb connector bits, and a little drain lever for the bottom to save removing the canister lower half to drain the oil each time. It's such a simple thing, and it saves GDI engines, so i don't know why the auto manufacturers don't include something like this to filter the oily gasses from the PCV -- from factory. I guess if they did, people wouldn't know to empty them periodically and they'd overflow back into the intake...

[@loveyourway3951]

Hi can you send the link to buy the chinese catch can

[@SalamiTommi]

Thank you sir

[@isaacvelasco]

For us Canadians, the Mishimoto would cost about $300 to get your hands onto it, got my eBay unbranded from NJ for less than $100 CAD

[@johnfiddy5873]

Lmao you got ripped off, they're on amazon/AliExpress for 30 bucks

[@brutushullie9385]

Great work

[@ViceVersace]

Good stuff my guy. I wanted to try the unbranded Chinese myself as I thought exactly what you're describing. But I am doing brakes and tyres this month on my 2011 TTS with 40k miles. Doing them together seems a big bill but it has to be done sooner or later. I am thinking doing a video that I can't find here for some budget but popular tyres that I've seen in a good price. 255/35/19 tyres aren't cheap if you want to go for a reputable brand, cheapest reputable tyres are TOYO PROXES Sport which I know they're good but if tyres with 30-40% less money are equally good why not? Knowledge is power and we should share it. Keep them coming brother. Peace

[@michaeldennis3028]

Great stuff, Thank you!

[@thecarman3693]

2:34 You mention the threads as being the same on both, but the less expensive one on the right seems to have O-Ring Boss threads (confirmed by the O-ring) which are of constant diameter, and the other (on the left) uses NPT threads which increase in diameter making them snug up when screwed in. The latter needing PTFE tape as well. (Also the size of the O-Ring Boss appears to be -6AN.)

[@Mr95Kenny]

TheCarMan both did screw into each other but one was a bit lose if i can remember

[@thecarman3693]

@@Mr95Kenny From the video my best visual guess is that Mishimoto uses 1/4 NPT and the other -6AN male. So I checked and found that both have 18 threads per inch and are very close in overall diameter, so they would sort of thread into each other. But if the Mishimoto is tapered (and that's a big IF) they would interchange to some degree but never seal properly, even using PTFE. That would also explain why you felt the fitting to be lose when swapped.

[@thecarman3693]

@@Mr95Kenny I have since my last post acquired an unbranded Mishimoto knock-off catch can and found the threads to be M16 x 1.5 straight thread. You also will need an O-ring to seat any fitting other than the one it comes with --- of course you can simply swap the ones from the unit. I wanted a larger size barb so I Googled for an "M16 x 1.5 to hose barb". Not too many places have such a piece, but it does exist, at least in brass.

[@mikecurry6847]

@@thecarman3693 I recently put a mishimoto catch can on my car. I've had them before. Somewhere along the line they switched the type of fittings they use. They used to have an o-ring and were designed to be tightened all the way down. With the tapered fittings, the instructions say to not tighten it down all the way. I'm pretty sure they started using the tapered threads to save money on o-rings, believe it or not lol

[@Engineerboy100]

Thanks for posting, I just ordered the knock off lol :)

[@janesanglee8735]

Thank you for the very informative video

[@joaquipereira8064]

Great video, thank you for the info

[@christopherlee9145]

Thanks for info whatever you do dont try to sound too excited 😆

[@luciusael]

So what you're trying to say is that they're the same?

[@frankjimmy8043]

Very good video, Can you please send the website link for this China Catch Can to Order it.

[@Mr95Kenny]

Link no longer works, just search baffled oil catch can car

[@turbskibrz6594]

Almost bought a mishimoto super glad I did not saved me a bunch of money!

[@PontiacSpazz]

turbskibrz so did i

[@ohnehax]

Thank you, that was very helpful.

[@RuciosDubstepMixs]

Thanks for this

[@chris2790]

thanks! Buying larger inlets shouldn't be a problem or expensive.

[@MarcosCesarMarcos]

excellent

[@canamxmr4760]

I’ve had the knock off version for two weeks. Works phenomenally.

[@PontiacSpazz]

Billy thanks for that comment was asking my self it really works. U have ppl out here charging $200-300 for something China makes for the same price and sells for less. American companies are seriously a scam. As much as ppl bash EBAY the most high end parts come from them

[@andyalexisvasquez4082]

Hows it holding up

[@matthewsmithers9732]

What exactly model is it

[@MrBlaze256]

good review

[@KF1]

The mildly bored tone lends itself well to this. Just checked the knockoff I ordered and it comes with 10mm inside diameter hose and fittings. Thanks for pointing out.

[@japraptcars5338]

Thank's a lot for this video man

[@dalewatkins9889]

Man, would have been nice for a link to the knock off...as finding the exact one might be difficult with the numerous one's looking similar! Unsure of why some have/need their own breather as well?

[@Mr95Kenny]

Links expire. Just get the cheapest one you find without a breather.

[@thiagofernandes3166]

Thanks a lot

[@fredjones554]

Nice upload

[@aombarbor]

I'm gonna go return Mishimoto one tomorrow thank you $250 saved

[@mrgcav]

Excellent comparison: Is there a knock off of the better model Misimoto catch can ?

[@bertsch31]

Nice thanks for the vid!

[@서호빈-e8n]

Hoses that goes to intake would be the one with baffled right ?? The one with just a hole would be where ccv hose would go in

[@krinkedsurface]

Great comparision! Thanks for this vid. I have a question: does the bronze filter attaches to the inlet or outlet?

[@Mr95Kenny]

Outlet

[@harapalb8851]

The key words are: BOTH MADE IN CHINA! (4:02). Either you buy one "as per designer specs" at 150$ and you get it in six days, or you buy the "maybe it will work" at 15$, the manufacturing scrap (loose thread, diminished flow...) with delivery in 30 days, your money GO to China! The money will come back to double the price of your house and make impossible for your kids to buy one, or they will pay all their life the mortgage to China. This movie is a very good lesson of political economics! Thumbs up!

[@Christosan88]

Great video!

[@07Review]

I love it , unmasking them!! 👍

[@enriqueferrer9414]

Great vid

[@ChristianG1teg]

Great video! Would a filter on top help aswell? I seen on amazon same company sell one with a filter. Would that help you in the winter with the water build up?

[@Mr95Kenny]

Christian Dykow them are for if you vent the air to the atmosphere and not back to the turbo and intake. Yes its small but not good for environment, and your losing the gas vape to be re burnt

[@dq7143]

If you are connecting your CC to your PCV system, you will lose vacuum when you include the top filter. Your engine will stall.

[@11thgenerationcorolla57]

The hose connector threads what size are those?

[@gamercat7004]

I bought the misimoto catch can and im installing it in my sport civic and its a turbo hatchback i was thinking the knockoff one was bit small for the ports flow.

[@2fast4all]

Nah. Just upgrade to a 3/8's fittings. Less than $10 bucks. EZ

[@christopherdecker8171]

What brand is the Amazon one listed as ? Thank you for the video.

[@Mr95Kenny]

Undranded, they also change.

[@JUKE179r]

Cheers form England!

[@ianchong3996]

Look and feels the same. well done good. BUT ... do both WORK the same? Are both just as EFFECTIVE (..or approximately)..?? Proof of the cake is ALWAYS in the eating.

[@geriatricginger]

Ben Stein? Good comparison vid.

[@carlosgandara5976]

could you post the amazon link for the knock out OCC one ?

[@Mr95Kenny]

@@carlosgandara5976 i have in the past but links change.

[@thedesertpooch9664]

the only thing was the difference between the flow tubes .... does it make a difference in this application?

[@Mr95Kenny]

Bigger tube more flow, but on a small 4 cylinder engine it should be no concern.

[@clark5242]

flow does not matter but velocity does matter so going with bigger orifices is better because the velocity is reduced and will allow contaminants to drop out.

[@MoparHollics]

I've always scratched my head every time I seen the photos in the descriptions either which on Amazon or ebay and they all look the same it's just a brand they're trying to sell you

[@liptonicetea274]

private labelling, buisnesses do it all the time manufacturing sell their patent to companies to put their label on it, that's is why you see alot of similar products with identical designs.

[@keithcastleberry3993]

Nice info! Where can a guy find the push lock fittings like the factory ones on the u tube where we are hooking this catch can up?

[@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?

[@Mr95Kenny]

No I wouldn’t, might ketch fire in turbo, do it at throttle body.

[@MrAcc45]

Rwgards to the sintered bronze filter baffle, does it need cleaning once its filled with oil etc? and how do we clean it? or needs replacement? a couple of sites mentiomed such filter needs ultrasonic cleaning....true?

[@Mr95Kenny]

Um idk, haven’t had any problems yet

[@squidusn71]

Just spray it with a carb cleaner.

[@unlisted5152]

But… are they the same?

[@catastrophe954]

What’s the name for the generic one

[@downwithtrudeau]

But does the off brand have a lifetime warranty?

[@Scythes]

Do you need it for a $15 product?

[@downwithtrudeau]

@@Scythes you spent 15$? I just used a pickle jar and some scrap hardware i had laying around.

[@Scythes]

@@downwithtrudeau I didn`t spend anything. But not having lifetime warranty on a $15 isn´t exactly a deal breaker.

[@ralslombert]

with more videos like this, we will get world peace! - Thanks a lot!

[@ForesterSCS]

Hi. Can share the link for on the amazon for Generic ones. Thanks mate

[@Mr95Kenny]

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[@Mr95Kenny]

This is the one I bought but it looks like it went up in price. Probably some cheeper ones out there

[@emanuelalmendariz7783]

Hey bro what is the seller or brand. How can I buy this same catch can.

[@Mr95Kenny]

Brand is in the video but my link no longer works for the one i bought.

[@jasons1034]

I'd be interested in you testing / examining the inlet to engine hose after 1000 miles on your knock off model to see if it's wet or dry. I belong to several vehicle specific forums and all of the knock off catch cans when examined post 500 miles have wet intake hoses going back to the engine. This means oil is getting past the can and going right back in to the engine. Inlet hose on the mishi's - dry. I've been running my Mishi 15,000+ miles and I've spot checked my inlet hose a handful of times and it's always dry. I can't personally attest to the knock off's as I don't run them but almost ALL users in other forums on the matter who are using knock off's have reported wet hoses.

[@Mr95Kenny]

Just looked, doesn’t look bad, some old stains/ residue from before i put the can in. But for what my car is im happy. If i had a sports car than yea I probably would go name brand.

[@ls-33wraith33]

I can’t find this anywhere on amazon did this get pulled?

[@Mr95Kenny]

PQY Oil Catch Can Baffled 2 Port Oil Catch Tank Kit Universal Air Oil Separator a.co/d/6oInBQW

[@wtz650]

ordering from China ? do they charge extra for the Corona virus ???

[@Mr95Kenny]

WT Z fake news

[@teddiazjr.6223]

Any issues in the winter

[@Mr95Kenny]

Sense this video i have also tried a Mishimoto in my ATS. Only problem is they collect condensation (water) and you have to dump them every gas fill up.

[@jminkvihubyb]

Niiiice

[@milzdox7757]

What size hose will you need for the 3/8 size?

[@Mr95Kenny]

5/8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2bUZoJ3ps9ma9k

[@whoknew9236]

The knock off,actually aint the knock off out of them two,but the mishimoto is the real knock off here,they stamp and make it just a little diffrent as you see with the plastic vs alu to safe cost, they buy them cheap and sell them with their brand for a few 100% profit on top,while in reality the name stamped is the knock off product. This happens with alot of big names and products.

[@TheOzman99]

This is an old video, but what about in winter climates where it gets down to -30C. Are oil catch can fine then or will they freeze?

[@Mr95Kenny]

Yes. But you will find they collect condensation and need to be drained more often.

[@ArthurBrinkman-c5z]

I put the cheap knock off on my car and have no issues, it works just fine.

[@gamervet7793]

what was that brand name of the generic?

[@Mr95Kenny]

Dolity

[@steffo2oo2]

greetz from germany nice vid

[@robertrose3068]

Wow. Holy crap

[@SayWhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat]

small inlet holes is bad. engine vapes about 30 liters of air every hour in idle, those tiny holes too small for good airflow.

[@dq7143]

Also, for proper fit, the hoses that go onto the PCV valve and intake manifold need to be similar in diameter to the catch can fittings so that there are no air leaks. Vacuum loss means malfunction.