dmallen2010

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Just curious if anyone is running a Catch Can setup on their G? If so, what is your experience and results with your catch can setup.

For anyone that does know what a catch can is used for the below link does a decent job explaining,
Oil Catch Cans | Everything you need to know and more!

Selym

If you have enough blow-by to warrant a catch can, you may have other issues that need attention.

dmallen2010

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No excessive oil consumption here. It was just a question if some had installed one.
As a previous Chevy owner, the Corvette/G8/SS owners seem to use one to keep their intakes clean. Not saying it's a necessity.

So to keep your intake clean are you putting some Seafoam in your gas tank every so often? Or clean your throttle body with some throttle body cleaner every 20-30k miles.

PongSanity

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Many are running catch cans. Anmvq is the last person I know to put on one. Many others are running the jdm half coolant reservoir and oil catch can. I'm getting one when I go force induction.

ANMVQ

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I am running a catch can set up. I like it, I've yet to have to empty it tho, not lots in there.

Abramite

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If you live in a old climate, there is a chance the liquid in there can freeze... Then you run into real problems.

hooey_b

Oil doesn't crystalize, so technically it can't freeze. Just becomes more viscous. If there's something in there other than oil blow by, THEN you've got problems.

and how would that be a "real" problem...? curious.

PongSanity

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The real problem is when oil doesn't warm up to operational temperature. Hence oil coolers can come with thermostatic sandwich plates.

Epiphany

How is that a problem when it's sitting in the bottom of a catch can though? The plates with oil coolers are to help protect the inside of the engine.

PongSanity

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I was talking about oil in the engine. What's in the catch can won't do anything.

Abramite

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I had one on my GTI and I never had a lot of oil in it, it was mostly a watery liquid, it froze completely. It can cause pressure build up in the crankcase if the line gets blocked.

hooey_b

So it sounds to me like y'all aren't keeping up with emptying your cans.

Selym

...or, the catch can is more a liability than an asset.

hooey_b

Have you cleaned your intake manifolds and throttle bodies yet? For its purpose, I don't think "liability" is a very apt description.

That's the reason why I bought one.

Abramite

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Cars do just fine without them... It's just another piece of equipment you have to monitor... In my opinion a daily driver doesn't need it.