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Oil catch can
« on: August 20, 2014, 06:17:16 pm »
Just a question how often do people empty there catch cans as I was told they need emptying now and then??

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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2014, 08:06:41 pm »
Depends on how you drive your car i.e. miss daisy or pedal to the metal guy, mileage covered and the outside temperature.
If you drive like miss daisy then you'll have less liquid in the catch can vs pedal to the metal all the time.

For practical usage I would check/empty every 2k miles and depending on what volume you collect and alter the mileage interval accordingly.
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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2014, 09:47:40 pm »
How would one go about doing this?

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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2014, 10:15:50 pm »
What type of catch can is it? The Forge one looks quite easy to empty. Couldn't comment on any others
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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2014, 08:20:06 pm »
Forge catch can drive casuall on work days and days off  :driver: lol

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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2014, 06:36:33 pm »
Take it off and theres a bolt on the bottom.. You dont want it overfilling if its been a while
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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2014, 10:55:31 am »
Take it off and theres a bolt on the bottom.. You dont want it overfilling if its been a while

I missed this. I've never emptied mine and I'm at 60,000miles.

Can't find any how to's..... Is it easy enough to take off. I imagine I can see the bolts securing it in position yes?
 I'd go check myself but car is in getting service right now.

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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2014, 12:34:40 pm »
Take it off and theres a bolt on the bottom.. You dont want it overfilling if its been a while

I missed this. I've never emptied mine and I'm at 60,000miles.

Can't find any how to's..... Is it easy enough to take off. I imagine I can see the bolts securing it in position yes?
 I'd go check myself but car is in getting service right now.

may be a silly question, but have you fitted a catch can? its not a standard fit piece of equipment. . .
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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2014, 01:49:33 pm »
Take it off and theres a bolt on the bottom.. You dont want it overfilling if its been a while

I missed this. I've never emptied mine and I'm at 60,000miles.

Can't find any how to's..... Is it easy enough to take off. I imagine I can see the bolts securing it in position yes?
 I'd go check myself but car is in getting service right now.

may be a silly question, but have you fitted a catch can? its not a standard fit piece of equipment. . .

I never installed one but I thought I had one... I've circled what I thought is the catch can on the photo

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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2014, 01:59:15 pm »
No that is your charcoal canster which is fitted as stock its for emissions
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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2014, 05:44:14 pm »
^ pikey is right!

That canister doesn't need emptying.
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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2014, 05:49:25 pm »
Ah much appreciated. I misread something along the lines there!

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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2014, 06:42:26 pm »

I never installed one but I thought I had one... I've circled what I thought is the catch can on the photo


Just to confuse matters  :laugh:  what's the black box to the top left of the canister next to the washer fluid? 

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Re: Oil catch can
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2014, 06:47:53 pm »

I never installed one but I thought I had one... I've circled what I thought is the catch can on the photo


Just to confuse matters  :laugh:  what's the black box to the top left of the canister next to the washer fluid? 

The flux capacitor.