Installed ADD W1 Oil Catch Can

[NinjaFace]

Dont know why it posted like that. Sorry!

[LongrangeLauber]

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[Silverado-Hareek]

I'm sure it doesn't take long, but i'm pretty sure that the Add w1 can doesn't have a a drain on the bottom. Thats why i wanted to add one, and if i add one. It would be just as easy to rig up a a remote drain line. So u don't have to pop the hood regularly on a brand new truck. I am not lazy i just like to make things easy for myself, even if it involves a hour of fab time. I have worked on every car i ever owned, and i am pretty annoyed by the fact that i need to do this to my brand new truck. I was hoping to avoid turning wrenches on this truck for as long as possible

I'm not sure how you plan to run a remote drain line but just keep in mind the system has to stay completely sealed when not draining the can in order to function properly. If not then you'll have vacuum leak and the suction effect from the intake won't be able to evacuate the crankcase gases.

 

 

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[NinjaFace]

I'm pretty confident how the system works and simple pitcock at the end of the line would prob do just fine. It was just a thought didn't mean to ruffle feathers. Good luck with ya'lls builds. I'm out.

[Silverado-Hareek]

I'm pretty confident how the system works and simple pitcock at the end of the line would prob do just fine. It was just a thought didn't mean to ruffle feathers. Good luck with ya'lls builds. I'm out.

How did you interpret my post as you ruffling feathers? I was just making a statement about vacuum leaks haha. Anyway good luck with your build.

 

 

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[Spurshot]

That stainless steel pad stuff gives me the eebee-jeebee's. One little piece of that stuff in the wrong place would make a mess. Sure it's a longshot, but still...it ain't made to be filter material in an engine. Stuff could break off...vibration, pressure pulsing, etc..

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[Silverado-Hareek]

That stainless steel pad stuff gives me the eebee-jeebee's. One little piece of that stuff in the wrong place would make a mess. Sure it's a longshot, but still...it ain't made to be filter material in an engine. Stuff could break off...vibration, pressure pulsing, etc..

 

Yeah that worries me too. I don't mean to keep being a champion of RX just because that's what I bought but their system comes ready to use with the filter media installed and all so I feel after as many years as they've been doing this, they've got a product people trust that works.

 

But again, I'm not trying to be a champion of just that brand. I don't like how I can't open the can to clean it and I don't like how there's no way to monitor the level inside, you just have to drain it often to be safe. I'm sure other brands are great as well.

[DanY]

 

Yeah that worries me too. I don't mean to keep being a champion of RX just because that's what I bought but their system comes ready to use with the filter media installed and all so I feel after as many years as they've been doing this, they've got a product people trust that works.

 

But again, I'm not trying to be a champion of just that brand. I don't like how I can't open the can to clean it and I don't like how there's no way to monitor the level inside, you just have to drain it often to be safe. I'm sure other brands are great as well.

 

The Elite can is very similar, but to drain it you have to unscrew the bottom of the can. Nice that you can see the level at that point but I can also see a drain petcock being convenient. The reason I went with Elite is because I have one installed on my 2011 Z06.

[Silverado-Hareek]

 

The Elite can is very similar, but to drain it you have to unscrew the bottom of the can. Nice that you can see the level at that point but I can also see a drain petcock being convenient. The reason I went with Elite is because I have one installed on my 2011 Z06.

 

Yeah I like the ability of the elite to be easily opened up and cleaned out. I can clean the RX but I basically have to remove it and spray carburetor cleaner inside and shake it up and drain it. Not a huge deal but kind of a pain at the same time. RX claims you don't really need to clean them though so I don't know. Some type of dipstick or clear tube like other brands have to monitor the level would be very helpful as well. I think I should have gotten the monster can from RX since the weather gets so cold here in the winter and I have to drain it so often. Like every 500-700 miles in the winter I was getting about 6 oz of fluid out of it. There's no way I'd last more than 1,000 miles in the cold months without draining it.

[wurgs]

Cold? In Virginia? You guys don't know cold!

[LongrangeLauber]

We just have wack ass weather here in VA

[Last C5]

 

The Elite can is very similar, but to drain it you have to unscrew the bottom of the can. Nice that you can see the level at that point but I can also see a drain petcock being convenient. The reason I went with Elite is because I have one installed on my 2011 Z06.

 

I have a couple of Elite cans and the older one has a petcock. Elite discontinued the petcocks around 2006 so drilling and tapping the bottom of one of the new ones should work fine.

[Silverado-Hareek]

Cold? In Virginia? You guys don't know cold!

Haha I don't doubt that!

 

 

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[SouthernSilveradoGuy85]

Cold? In Virginia? You guys don't know cold!

 

 

We just have wack ass weather here in VA

 

 

Haha I don't doubt that!

 

 

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I'm in northeast NC and even though if it gets below 0 it's only overnight and for 2-3 days at the most and rarely gets a high in the single digits, but around here the weather can literally change from day to day. 1 day it can be 40 as a high and the next it will have 75 as a high. The weather in this part of the country is just bi-polar (like me) lol.

[ccdies]

I just ordered a black one tonight, thanks for the info,