2015 v need an oil catch can

I’d look to do the mod.

I’m looking to do it in our Prime.

Good luck as the miles pile on your v.

 

Yes you're right about that. At least based on info I see at McGeorge Toyota, the pistons and rings for various Prius v years:



Still, revised pistons and rings are primarily to reduce oil consumption. Also, the jury's out at how effective they are at that. An argument could be made that replacing pistons and rings on an earlier year v, with the same pistons and rings (but brand new), would equally solve the oil consumption problem, at least for 100K miles or so.

To determine if an Oil Catch Can is warranted, remove the intake air box, connecting hose to the throttle body, and push open the blade to see through. You'll very likely see a shiny pool lurking down there. Unbolting and lifting off the throttle body (you can leave coolant hoses attached) will give you a better view.

 

Sooner rather than later .

I’ll be looking into this for our 2019 Prime soon, and that only has 900 miles on it.

Stay ahead of the game.

 

I’ll probably go Ruein style and mount it low again.

But I haven’t looked how crowded the Prime underside is to facilitate that.

But if I mount high, there is available real estate all over the engine bay:



So I might end up going high depending.

 

I’ve often wondered if an ultrasonic device at the end of the egr would atomize the oil so it could safely burn without the chug and break if a pool

 

Link or device you’re thinking of?

It’s a tight area and on the Prime and gen4’s, it looks even worse.

So most devices won’t fit.