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The Chairman
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No. The driver's side catch can is a waste of money for anything but all out racing. If a car gets oil in the driver's side CC, you have a serious engine problem caused by massive blow by. The few people I know with driver's side cans have never seen anything in them, which is good.
Stoked
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Question about the passenger side can...
The flexible tube that goes from the can to the engine seems to be too large, and when connected to both sides, kinks up. There is no way to avoid this. Do I have a defective hose or this this normal and the kink poses no issue?
Images attached...
[Edit] nvm! Looks like this was covered...Going to try reversing!
Well...My hose kinks no matter which way I arrange it...I guess it is what it is...Hopefully this doesn't become an issue...
The flexible tube that goes from the can to the engine seems to be too large, and when connected to both sides, kinks up. There is no way to avoid this. Do I have a defective hose or this this normal and the kink poses no issue?
Images attached...
[Edit] nvm! Looks like this was covered...Going to try reversing!
Well...My hose kinks no matter which way I arrange it...I guess it is what it is...Hopefully this doesn't become an issue...
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VooDoo387R
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Just ordered both driver and passenger side Ford catch cans for the R. Looks like a solid investment.
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First oil change at just under 1000mi I had 20cc of oil in my passenger side.
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Hate to be an old thread bumper but just wanted to give input on installing the FP passenger side oil separator. Piece of cake to install and definitely recommend flipping the flexible hose so that the 90* flexible side is connected to the separator and the 45* hard side is connected to the motor. Took the car for a short 6-7 mile drive prior to flipping the hose and decided to peek in it afterwards and there was already a sheen of oil in the line.
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^Ditto. I tried to make it picture-perfect against the Ford instructions, but that hose was not having it. Just put my passenger side on last night.
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I was cleaning my passenger side FP air-oil separator and (not thinking) pried off the mesh screen/filter on the top (intake) side of the can to sop up the oil on the screen and clean the film off of the inside of the top. After doing so I realized that I could have contaminated that area with small specs of sand, fibers from the shop towel, etc. and it would have been sucked straight into the manifold. Should I be concerned about any damage to the motor? Anyone else make the same mistake? Or am I just being paranoid?
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I don't have an air compressor so I just blew it out as best I could and wiped it as thoroughly as possible. I'm more concerned about things that I couldn't/didn't see. As far as I know, the shop towel was clean. Just wondering if (worse case scenario) some sand, fibers, etc. that I didn't see got through, would that cause any harm to the motor?
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That was my assumption but was still paranoid. Thanks!
NHman
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I installed JLT's oil catch can on the passenger. New car with, at the time, 112 miles on the odometer. After 100 miles of driving, the bottom of the can was completely coated with oil. Wow.
Post break-in, I plan on taking it to the track. Hopefully get 4-6 sessions in during the season. I'm now considering the drivers side as well.
Post break-in, I plan on taking it to the track. Hopefully get 4-6 sessions in during the season. I'm now considering the drivers side as well.
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I went with an FP passenger side separator only. I chose FP for the OEM look. The ease of emptying does not match the other brands, but FP's IMO look better. After 2400 miles of street driving I had 3/8" of oil at the bottom. 1 shop cloth and less than 10 minutes was enough to clean it out. I am a bit curious as to how much volume 3/8" equals. Regardless, it is an insignificant amount.
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