I know my post will not be about a 5.7 ram or any ram product but I wanted to share the basic importance of a catch can on any motor in today’s modern age.
This is a set of pics of the residue or contaminants that have been caught with my sons Moroso catch can that had been installed on his 5.3L!
This is a sample of all winter and through the month of May approximately about six months.
The oil was Pennzoil platinum high mileage 5W-30. Yesterday I chose to switch due to the direct injection design motor to Castrol Edge (BLK) HM 5W-30. The 5.3L has 168K miles on the OD & still performs ideally.I
Then switch to Castrol Edge Euro - 0W-40 GDI Turbo formula - Year Round
After these photos and close observation of what’s inside this 12 ounce jar there is nobody that can convince me that a CC is not a worthwhile investment on these direct injection motors.
Every owner should think long and hard about installing one if they have plans on keeping their Ram well beyond pay off!
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This sample does not have any gas odor or for that matter really any strong oil odor.
Strange thing was this sample has a lot of interstate and Highway driving for long periods of time and very little stop and go city driving on it.
This six-month sample has accumulated close to about 4 ounces I’m calculating.
This 6month OCI consisted of about 5800 miles.
My next psychotic thought as a very **** owner is how much of this crap is actually getting by the catch can and re-circulating back into the motor over and over.
He as well as I am honestly just glad it's performing well & catching what it is.
it does have a well designed baffle at the top - not just a complete hollow can.
Side note: TB was still decently clean - will do a simple CRC Throttle Body spray before winter.