lineman1234

I am no chemical analyst. But. My eyeballs tell me the stuff i dump out of the can into a qt jug, and when the jug sits, the yellow stuff darkens to oily stuff, and water seems to be on the bottom. ... The second can set up came in early, today, instead of Monday. So tomorrow morning that will be getting installed on the passengers side between the valve cover and intake box. If anything, that is where crampy stuff would be getting into the intake, not from the other first installed can.

Hear is my story how i got into the first reusable filter. ... I have had a number of Harleys. I subscribed to easy riders magazine. A guy did an around the world ride on his sportster. Drove/ rod it as much as he could. Used a reusable filter because not all country's and or places have a Harley filter ready on hand. This was before the computer craze of being able to sit on the couch and order parts to be delivered anywhere. ... I worked outside so no big deal to go for a scoot ride in the winter. It was simple to be able to change the oil per the temp outside and clean the oil filter, dry it and reinstall it. Worked for me. ... Hear is what i noticed on the Harley. The first one i had it on was not a bagger, it had no oil psi gage, but the simple sound of the motor getting more oil and the pump working less hard to pump that thick oil was very noticeable. The top end quieted down quit a bit. The first bagger with a oil psi gage in the dash proved it/the reusable was worth something. New i used Harley filters for warranty, then put the reusable on. Oil psi was way better. The best part was with the stock filter, stuck in traffic stop and go, and the air cooled motor getting very hot. The oil gage would tank out at 0 with the stock type filter. With the reusable, it never, ever, went below 5psi. So besides the motor sounding more smooth, it got more oil in a bad situation it wouldnt have gotten.

They do sell a special wrench part for the teeth. I dont have one. I use a strap wrench. Now the part/wrenchy thingy, that takes it/the guts, apart is interesting.

I dont send mine in to be cleaned. If a person cant figure out how to clean one without the expensive machine or sending it in. They shouldn't be using one. ... My use is not for saving money, or saving the landfills. ... Although i do have 2 now. Because the can itself and filter are the same, but the base plate that screws onto the vehicle changes thread size. I asked about getting just the base but they dont sell that. So i had to get another, so, i have a base that fits another/other vehicles and the base that fits the cheby and 2 sets of the rest. So, per say, have 2.

I will not get into how i clean and have cleaned the filters. It gets to be to much of a crap show with people that have never and will never use a reusable filter. .

Yep, that is what is seems like. Im not making this up. I drive and empty, i know how many miles each empty. At this rate, it would be a full can, or more, per tank of fuel. .... If it cant go a can per tank, it needs a bigger can, or put back to normal. ... I need to find a station without ethanol or fill up with 91 to see if its the ethanol crap that is adding water to the system, that would normally go down the throat unnoticed.

It just occurred to me, i didnt give my reason for said can. My experiment with said catch can, soon to be can's is not to worry about the dreaded intake and valves crudding up, like most use it for. ... I was and am more interested in the results of less to non of the vapors of oil and water, let alone extra what ever the nasty smell is that is in that oily water, being put into the intake to be added to the EGR great stuff and mix with air, to help or is it hinder combustion. ... So far, my fuel mileage, and the 6.6 gasser isnt made for fuel economy, its made to work. My fuel economy hasn't changed, by adding the first can. So the extra water vaper and oil vapor dont seem to change how the system makes power. VS without the water and oil vapors. ... The motor purrs the same before and with the experiment. ... Its an experiment. Thats all. I may remove it/them in the summer after i see what the warm temps do. I may leave them on to just see what water it/they have taken out of the system, so the system didnt need to burn it off.

Me,,,, im just hear to post MY, facts, conditions. Not to debate is the world round or flat on the motor world. .... I have never used one, a catch can till i put one on this 2024 L8T. IT, seems to be pulling some water and a little oil vapor out of the system. Does in need to, NO, will it hurt, ill find out if something happens. ... The last dump is the pic of about 140 miles all highway, the can is/was almost half full. ... Fuel is gotten from a local Cenex station, 10% ethanol, as its hard to find non ethanol hear in the Midwest. It is going to warm up from the 20s and 30s to 50 in a few days, so maybe temp plays a part, maybe not.

Might as well wake this up......... ... Quite the discussion. ... 2024 6.6 gasser, first oil change at 5,200. I deiced to skip the first free one as i didnt want them touching the pickup. ... We all have our thoughts. I am NOT trying to push my thoughts or sell a product. I have found what i like and works for me and my reasons. ... I have used reusable oil filters on 3 different Harley Davidsons, actually the same filter on the 3 and a drop in reusable on a Kawasaki KLR 650. Motorcycles. ... The HUBB is my second use on a vehicle i have used one on. The second being this new pickup. ... This isnt being posted for argument or negative debate, just to show the world of oil filters is not flat, and venturing out of it one wont fall off the world.

So you dont really care what my results will be when i do put another can on the port side, as you asked, earlier.

The oily water i am catching. About 1.5 tablespoons per 50ish miles, or less, is just the can from the pcv valve to the drivers side front valve cover. So it per say,,, is putting that back in the system, with the stock tube. My driving, isnt city/stop and go. It is rural highway, so it comes up to temp. ... It wont be till i get and install the one on the passengers side that goes to/from the intake/front valve cover passengers side. That would be where, if it is Bunning any. Or putting any water and or oil in the intake part. ... My 2024 6.6 gasser has no noticeable oil usage at 5,600 miles. I changed oil at 5,200. ... What i get in the can, is 99% water.

There is another thread on catch cans. I have posted recently in it, and with pictures. ... For the heck of it, i will be adding a catch can on the passengers side when the second one i ordered comes in, on Monday per tracking. ... I will post pics and results when/as i get them in that other thread.

I will adddddd. I will not be using the mentioned can,,, when it is very cold out for long times, as i wouldnt want to take the chance of anything freezing. I can leave water in an insulated coffee mug, in a cup holder, and it will freeze overnight. Depending on the temp. Not uncommon to be very cold hear. ... I wont be hear for next winter, as thats why i got the 3500, to go back to retired fulltime travel/rving, going north for the summer and south for the winter.

I am sure my pickup would go for a long time without a catch can. Odds are no more or less than if i didnt add one. ... I do things as an experiment. This is the first vehicle i have installed one on. ... I find it interesting first put on with the mentioned used from new, the oil at 5,200 miles on 44 miles was milky water, then brand new oil same 44 miles, pretty much just water, then the next day, 70 miles, back to milky water. ... It is interesting ( and i am no mechanic ) conflicting chat on such a thing as a catch can. One article sais it ONLY works when at idle. Well, mine all times, was start, let warm about a minute as mentioned about 25f hear, and off, a couple of stop signs thats it, so, that would be a lot of stuff from that short idle. ... I will mention, that the one i installed goes from the pcv valve to the drivers side valve cover, replacing the plastic tube that did that. So, per say,,, it doesnt go into the intake there, just into the valve cover. The other side goes into the intake. Or comes from the intake, to, the valve cover. ... I,,, for the heck of it, just ordered another catch can, same thing, to install/replace, on the other tube on the passengers side that goes from the valve cover to the intake, directly into the intake box, not through the filter box. ... It will be interesting to see if it changes with the summer temps and summer fuel or not. Hear in the very upper MN area, its winter for a long time, fairly dry, and 10%-15% ethanol fuel, mostly. Hard to find non ethanol. Maybe the vapor wont condense in the can when its warm to hot out.

Might as well wake this up. New to the forum. I just installed a catch can 3 days ago. It was about 25f hear each day, checked and emptied, emptied 3 times. First 2 times same miles, same rout, 44 miles each trip, 3rd today, 3/24/24, todays miles about 70. ... First check was oil at 5,200 miles, from new, about 1.5 tablespoons of stuff in the jug. Next was next day, i changed oil and filter, about the same, but clearer. Today back to milky. Each time was emptied and wiped clean. ... Speeds were 57mph on rural highways. No stop and go city. .... The catch can seems to be doing something on my new now with about 5,300ish miles on it. 2024, regular cab, 3500, 4x4 WT, obviously the 6.6 gasser.

Get a mechanics stethoscope and have at it. ... I had to get one to find a sound that was like a barring going, but i could not find it no mater what i did. I finally thought of the mentioned stethoscope and after a bit of searching with it, found the rear small barring on the alternator was the culprit.