Catch can...2and question

[hoot12]

Most catch cans by upr or jlt have ways to service them. Does the Ford oem catch can get serviced and if so how.
Can someone explain how this catch can works.
Thx

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[kilobravo]

Wes: The big benefit of the Ford product is that no service is required, it returns it to the pan.

 

[Epiphany]

And you said you installed it?

 

[V00D00]

im working on a custome one. Ford recirculates, the others are servicable

 

[Jmeo]

If someone really wanted to, you could just run the drain tube from the Ford catch into a Bob's can (or the like) to collect and dump the oil, as opposed to letting it drain back into the engine. I would trust the Ford engineering over aftermarket for the filtering of the oil, this would be a best/best option for some.

Personally, I see no reason to collect and dump. The oil most see with froth, is from the filtration design of the aftermarket catch. The oil from the Ford catch will look, well, like oil. That, and the fact it mixes with nearly 12 quarts of oil, and is filtered by a well designed cartridge filter, and only spends 3-5 thousand miles in the engine. I for one am not concerned.

 

[hoot12]

Yes I installed the catch can myself. Not a hard process at all. It definitely didn't appear to be serviceable like the aftermarket ones. I'm wondering if that is why I experienced some white smoke upon starting up for the first time after install....because it was new and recirculates.

 

[Epiphany]

I only asked because it is rather self explanatory as to how it works. You could service it if you felt you had to but you would have to remove it from the bracket and place it on a table for disassembly or you could remove the STB which would give you access to the top cover bolts on the separator. However, with the drain in place there is really no reason to have to take it apart.

 

[hoot12]

Gotcha. Make sense.

 

[Snoopy49]

GT500 Oil-Air Separator Installation Instructions 2.pdf

 

[Jmeo]

I was bored today, so I decided to peek into the optional, factory designed & built, oil catch can. My car only has 700 miles on it, and as you can see in these pictures, it is already catching oil.

Also, the oil mist is being captured and returned to its original form before it drips back into the cam cover. This satisfies my theory that this being designed by Ford engineers means the catch will work properly, and return OIL to the engine, not the frothy crap substance that most aftermarket cans produce. I am very happy to see this.

 

[Snoopy49]

Also, the oil mist is being captured and returned to its original form before it drips back into the cam cover. This satisfies my theory that this being designed by Ford engineers means the catch will work properly, and return OIL to the engine, not the frothy crap substance that aftermarket cans produce. I am very happy to see this.

I have the Bob's catch can on my 2013 and the oil in it has always been clean, I would put it back in the engine, but it would be more work than it was worth seeing that there was only an ounce or 2 in the separator. I have never had to add any oil between oil changes on the 2013.

 

[Jmeo]

I have the Bob's catch can on my 2013 and the oil in it has always been clean, I would put it back in the engine, but it would be more work than it was worth seeing that there was only an ounce or 2 in the separator. I have never had to add any oil between oil changes on the 2013.

I haven't used Bob's can, but I have used JLT, UPR, Moroso, and Misimoto. All of them produced frothy crap, I can only assume due to the style of their cans. I mention this only because some people were hesitant to return the collected fluid back to the engine, because of how ugly the froth from other cans looks.

 

[Snoopy49]

I haven't used Bob's can, but I have used JLT, UPR, Moroso, and Misimoto. All of them produced frothy crap, I can only assume due to the style of their cans. I mention this only because some people were hesitant to return the collected fluid back to the engine, because of how ugly the froth from other cans looks.

That would certainly explain some of the peoples reluctance to embracing the new style catch can from Ford.

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