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Offline vRS Carl

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Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« on: October 18, 2009, 02:03:56 pm »
Well i can safely say the catch can works  :grin:

After around 1k miles this is what had been collected in mine  :surprised: :surprised:



As you can see from the pic that is nearly 120ml of Carp which would have gone back into the head.

Now all i have to do is show the missus how to empty it whilst im away  :grin: :grin: :grin:

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« Last Edit: October 18, 2009, 02:07:11 pm by Mater »

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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2009, 03:45:27 pm »
What do you do with the stuff afterwards? Presumably can't pour it down the sink.

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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2009, 04:01:55 pm »
What do you do with the stuff afterwards? Presumably can't pour it down the sink.

Can't you :surprised: :surprised: :grin:

You could drink it  :laugh:

I emptied away in a friendly to the environment way  :wink:

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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2009, 09:52:34 am »
Small 1ltr oil container. drain the dregs into it and then when it is full take it up to your local tip where they have oil and hazardous waste disposal :happy2:
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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2009, 09:55:52 am »
or pour it back into the engine were it came from  :laugh:


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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2009, 01:51:35 pm »
Looks like mostly water though.
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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2009, 02:12:44 pm »
emptyed mine after 100 miles, there was about a mil of water.  :signLOL:


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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2009, 02:48:04 pm »
Reason i went for the Stage 1 fix on mine. Fit and forget. Catch cans are unnecessary. Its only excessive pressure throwing the oil out, its not bad oil. The catch can only looks like the stuff that was in it is minging because of the mix with water.
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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2009, 02:56:14 pm »
ergh...nasty stuff
Reason i went for the Stage 1 fix on mine. Fit and forget. Catch cans are unnecessary. Its only excessive pressure throwing the oil out, its not bad oil. The catch can only looks like the stuff that was in it is minging because of the mix with water.

forgive my ignorance, but whats the stage one fix?

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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2009, 03:13:35 pm »
i drained mine after 1k and had about the same amount .
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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2009, 05:48:55 pm »


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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2009, 08:25:58 pm »
^^^ Hey Robin.

In answer to your question - the stage one version does not filter and catch any oil vapors like the catch can does.  It is simply a stronger version of the OEM PCV which can be prone to failure.
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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2009, 10:40:24 am »
^^^ Hey Robin.

In answer to your question - the stage one version does not filter and catch any oil vapors like the catch can does.  It is simply a stronger version of the OEM PCV which can be prone to failure.

Thats not at all true. In fact, its 100% incorrect.

It completely blocks off the PCV outlet, retaining just the return line to the sump. And comes with a block off cap for the inlet manifold on the PCV inlet.

The Eurojet fix does what you describe (with an uprated check valve), but the BSH fix is much better removing the PCV from the equation completely.
« Last Edit: October 20, 2009, 10:43:02 am by Deako »
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Re: Emptied my Catch Can Today……..
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2009, 11:13:25 am »
but surly you still get vapour back to the sump ?
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