Oil Catch Can, Eliminate that knock!

Missus will be out-and-about today. Maybe tomorrow I'll take a look.

 

Hi all, definitely get the oil catch can installed, and keeping it clean. Today is Saturday and it means OCC cleaning day LOL

I found 10-15ml/ half ounce of that fuel/oil/water mixture, except this time there is more of that jelly stuff settling at the bottom of the can. Picture doesnt show how tall the oil/buttery stuff stacks up though, I estimate 1/4". No oil use, oil level is still up at max line.

Then I notice on the 3/8" hose running to and from the catch can, the intake side is now all khaki color, while outlet side hose that goes to intake manifold is still mostly clear and bluish.

For exactly 7 weeks and about 1200 miles since Saturday Nov 11th Bay Area Meetup, I had cleaned out about 2 ounces of this stuff from my oil catch can. Imagine all of that stuff goes into the combustion chamber... or thinking back how you feel the last time you had a cold/flu and your runny nose is dumping all kinds of ugly stuff into your throat, air passage, and your lung.

 

Good to see it is working out.

Only got 1200 miles since the meetup.

Just clear 4 k miles on those 7 weeks .

Have a happy new year .

 

Now if someone would just come up with an EGR delete mod...

 

Checked my oil catch can: approx. 2380 kms since install. There was a bit of spillage when I opened the drain tap, it came out fast. I would think without the spillage it would have been around 50 cc. Had the look of coffee with creme, definitely a lot more watery, compared to the oily tablespoon drained maybe 300 km post-install. Also smelled like gas.

Anyway, think I'd be safe to do it in conjunction with my 6 monthly oil changes: my OCC has a capacity of 200~250 cc.

 

I have a feeling I’ll be in the same boat .

Have ~500 miles since I installed ours last weekend and the hoses aren’t stained.

So should be good for a bit.

 

IMO EGR is a good thing for the combustion engine, just that we need to install some kind of carbon filtration system between the exhaust pipe and EGR cooler. Much that it acts like a OCC filtering out fuel/oil/water before crankcase fumes goes into intake manifold.

Of course, with the Gen 4 EGR coming from down stream of the catalytic converter this EGR clogging problem may have been solved or improved greatly. But for us Gen 3 if somehow we can add a filter and periodically cleaning or replacement, EGR clog can also be solved easily, as removing and cleaning EGR cooler can be a pain.

 

Hehe, still waiting for your update. I think that you will have much less or no water presents in your catch since you drive so many freeway miles and ICE is always warm at speed, much like what @Abu Rais had shown in his oil catch update. Whereas I'm always driving stop, and go in a 10 miles commute.

 

So, what IS that stuff:



Is there such a thing as Oil Catch Can analysis? I'm thinking it's got something to do with ethanol in fuel?

 

Looks like Chocolate milk, Chocomel or Ovaltine

 

It's barely oily (I had it on my hands, jeans, trouble light, the slab, you name it lol). It has the consistency of that fluid they use when metal machining, with drills, lathes, milling machines. And it smells distinctly like fuel.

 

You are not supposed to feed the car eggnog!

 

All over yourself and clothing .

I don’t think it is detergent or soap.

 

I was expecting slow, sludgy stuff, was taken off guard by the "egg nog". Just as I was dozing off last night, I was speculating if I was using ethanol-free fuel maybe that would reduce the catch: ethanol binds with water. D-u-n-n-o (trying to dodge Priuschat spell checker).

 

Some people drink it when celebrating the holidays. - a Canadian photo



Eggnog - Wikipedia

EDIT: I initially misinterpreted your post, thinking you did not know what egg nog was. Sorry.

 

Oil and water mixed can turn white or brownish. but would not primarily smell like fuel.

 

There’s one way to find out about your late night pondering .

Look forward to your data .