Oil Catch Can ?

[djhartm]

I have a Moroso on my RAM & an ELite Engineering on my C7 Z06 track car.

The **** that comes out of these cans at every fill-up (or track session) is astounding.

I guess it depends if you want that crap going back into your intake system or not.

It certainly can't be good for the motor.

 

[Ram1958]

Mine is (been doing every vehicle for 30 yes same way) drain is full-time open. Piped to a T at base pan drain plug. P.S. Plug is now a ball valve. I am done with replacing plugs that eventually will start leaking.

 

[BlackSheepRebel]

I recommend them. I run them and happy I am every time I empty it.

We have the UPR catch cans listed on our site

UPR 09-21 Dodge Ram 5.7L Billet Oil Catch Can Z Mount

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Looks nice. I use the J&L, and one thing that would make me swap is easier cleaning. Emptying is easy (I do that every oil change), but have to fully remove to spray the filter down with cleaner. Seems it should be able to quick detach or have a mechanism that pops out for easier cleaning. How’s the UPR in this regard?

I could also stop reading instructions and ignore cleaning the filter lol.

 

[Joe Merchak]

I recommend them. I run them and happy I am every time I empty it.

We have the UPR catch cans listed on our site

UPR 09-21 Dodge Ram 5.7L Billet Oil Catch Can Z Mount

Got Exhaust - Freedom Motorsports provides all manner of aftermarket automotive products for Ford F150, Ram, TRX, Tacoma, Silverado, Tahoe, Yukon

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How come the 6.4L does not need one? I even looks at the UPR website and the is nothing for the 6.4L in the 2500/3500 trucks.

 

[Wild one]

The 6.4 in the cars already have one built in. It drains back into the engine................That said, it is not necessary unless you have a high milage engine that may have a significant amount of blow back. And even then, run the engine and spray injector cleaner through the air filter. It will clean out the intake too. Or spray carb cleaner through the air cleaner with the engine running. Use the whole can. Same thing. Waste of time and money unless you are one of the cool kids with a chrome cold air intake......that is a hot air intake because it pulls air from the engine bay, where it is hot..................Leave it alone. You will get over 200k miles from it doing nothing. When it fails, put a rebuilt long block in it, rinse and repeat...............Some of the smartest people in the industry have already tested and decided there is no benifit unless it is a high performance model.

So much mis-information here,lol. The 6.4's DO NOT have any factory style of catch can that drains back to the pan,whether it's a car or truck 6.4. Show us something from these "smartest people in the industry" that have tested a catch can for a 100,000+ miles. I've personally seen intake manifolds off high milege engines that are full of oil and oil sludge,that wouldn't be there if they'd employed a catch can. Spraying carb cleaner through a newer TB and composite intake manifold is a No-No these days,plus it doesn't remove the baked on oil sludge in the bottom of the manifold

 

[Wild one]

How come the 6.4L does not need one? I even looks at the UPR website and the is nothing for the 6.4L in the 2500/3500 trucks.

They use an internal style PCV,so you have to mod the intake manifold slightly to run a catch can on a truck 6.4.Search CrazyKids posts on here,he has a write up of how he mounted his catch can on his 6.4 intake manifold.

 

[Sherman Bird]

I had one ordered and due to Covid it never shipped and I’ve been delinquent ordering a different one. It doesn’t seem like it can hurt anything. What I don’t fully grasp is whether it can help anything either. Some people swear young have to be an idiot to not run one. I venture most people not on the forum haven’t even heard of it so I don’t worry about it too much.

Inasmuch as the Hemi isn't GDI, a catch can is unnecessary

 

[mikeru]

No one has claimed that they are necessary. I think the OP's question has been more than answered. Those who run them do so by choice. Those who don't run them, don't. But at this point it's a waste of breath to post up just to say they are unnecessary. They are like every other mod out there, in that people have their own reasons for adding any mod.

 

[Nick@GotExhaust]

How come the 6.4L does not need one? I even looks at the UPR website and the is nothing for the 6.4L in the 2500/3500 trucks.

It is not that it does not need one. There is no easy way to adapt one as the 6.4 has an internal PCV system.

 

[Sherman Bird]

No one has claimed that they are necessary. I think the OP's question has been more than answered. Those who run them do so by choice. Those who don't run them, don't. But at this point it's a waste of breath to post up just to say they are unnecessary. They are like every other mod out there, in that people have their own reasons for adding any mod.

True!

 

[GTyankee]

BY the way,

No one should ever spray carburetor cleaner around the Throttle Body,
there is a special coating on the throttle body,
spraying carburetor cleaner on or in the throttle body removes that Special Coating.

Online tip:
throttle bodies will have a clearcoat on them a carb cleaner will take it right off. Clearcoat makes the air flow through the TB faster.

throttle-body cleaner (guaranteed not to harm the teflon coating on the throttle body)

 

[Andersoncma]

I have a Ram 2500 w Cummins. The factory set up had a hose running from the crankcase filter into the intake. Oil used to coat the inside of my intake tube right before the cold side of turbo impeller. Since turbo has its own oil supply tube, I installed a catch can and empty it every other oil change. I think I have cleaner combustion now = cleaner catalytic converter, cleaner dpf, cleaner ports through the muffler. When I ran my Cummins powered semi, it had a tube that ran from valve cover to open air below the frame

 

[slbenz600]

Thinking about installing an oil catch pan ? My Ram is 2015 with 141,000 origial miles and have never seen oil seapage anywhere ? Dose it happen to the HEMI's latter on ? I have always used synthetic Amzoil that at 6,000 miles is as clean as new.
Could someone tell me what I need to do so it woul't start leaking oil ?

 

[dieseldave]

I have a BT CC on my 19' 5.7, had one on my 06' 300SRT8 6.1, and on pretty much all of my vehicles. Their "Z" bracket it comes with is nice!

I empty it every OCI and there's an OZ or two in there.
Bit of a PITA to get it off, but I love the looks of the BT.

The Moroso one is sweet; mounts a bit different, but it has a drain valve on the bottom & makes draining it really easy!

Do you have any issues with water freezing

 

[CanuckRam1313]

Do you have any issues with water freezing

None. All works as it should at any time.

 

[Texasredneck]

A show of hands please. How many out there have installed a "oil catch can" on their 5.7 motors? I've read on the Challenger Forum that a good number of owners install them on their "hemi" motors. How bout you?

I have one on each of my two 2018's. Each oil change (5k miles), I get about 1 oz of oil. Doesn't sound like much but it's nice knowing it's not making it's way through.

 

[heefageLA]

The 6.4 in the cars already have one built in. It drains back into the engine................That said, it is not necessary unless you have a high milage engine that may have a significant amount of blow back. And even then, run the engine and spray injector cleaner through the air filter. It will clean out the intake too. Or spray carb cleaner through the air cleaner with the engine running. Use the whole can. Same thing. Waste of time and money unless you are one of the cool kids with a chrome cold air intake......that is a hot air intake because it pulls air from the engine bay, where it is hot..................Leave it alone. You will get over 200k miles from it doing nothing. When it fails, put a rebuilt long block in it, rinse and repeat...............Some of the smartest people in the industry have already tested and decided there is no benifit unless it is a high performance model.

Having a catch can gives me warm fuzzies. Dont you dare try and remove me from my safe space.

 

[luckydog]

I have one on my Challenger and had one on my Magnum. My experience shows they cut back on how much oil gets into the intake manifold. They don't completely eliminate the oil. I wish there was a way to put one on the 6.4 in my Ram.

 

[DILLIGAF]

Do you have any issues with water freezing

When it actually gets cold it freezes, But the oily crap still stays liquid. That was on the booring 5.7L intake tho ! This picture is Jan 2021 it was like -50 for a week... lol...

 

[jr27236]

So I'm going to give my real life experience. I purchased my 16 Ram Limited used. At approximately 80k I was driving on the highway and out of no where I blew a huge cloud of smoke out of my exhaust, to the point I thought my engine just blew and started to pull over. Scanning my gauges and evaluating the engine all seamed "fine" and I kept driving suspecting what had just happened. As it turned out it was all the build up of the oil on my valves that dropped off and burned up in the cat. At home I checked my throttle body and it was FILTHY. Pulled it, cleaned it, installed a catch can and to this day the TB is spotless. All that crankcase oil mist drops into the can and exits clean to return to the TB. Currently have 106k and just did my exhaust manifolds and the exhaust valves and ports were as clean as they should be.