Wild one
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2016
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- Ram Year
- 14 Sport
- Engine
- 5.7
The majority of people aren't as religious at changing their oil as they should be,and don't do it till the reminder tells them to do it,or well past that point,by that time even the big catch cans are full. The Hellcat covers bypass the dump factor,but they also recycle all the crankcase acids and blowby crap back into the oil pan,where it's not really doing your oil any favours.I guess should have specified, since this is a RAM forum. Why isn't a catch can part of standard equipment on the 5.7 and 6.4 Hemis they put in their trucks? It would simply be like making it part of the standard equipment and add it to the maintenance schedule like changing your oil. Everyone knows they need to change their oil, and based on the posts I've read here it's a simpler procedure to maintain than even that.
Plus by the time the bean counters are done shutting down the engineers,they aren't going to add one,as it'd up the sticker price of the vehicle,and the bean counters are all about reducing sticker shock,and could care less about adding anything that might increase the life expectancy of the vehicle,they're in the market to sell you a new vehicle as often as they can,and all the bean counters care about is building something that'll make it past the warrenty period