Square Oil Catch Can

It violates the KISS principle.

 

Nope.

Use it as it is still a wide spot in the line.

Keep us posted on performance if you purchase and install it .

 

I use that one except mine doesn’t have the fair filter

 

What's the deal with the "breather"?

 

The breather will trip the cel

 

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I would stick with non-vented style. Is there a non-vented square one? The square shape might simplify mounting, being more stable.

FWIW, I went with Moroso 85474, but they're not cheap.

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Newhybridowner is in Michigan. Don't OCCs freeze in cold temps? Is a frozen OCC an issue?

 

That one looks like you can drain it without a hassle? (In my case ease of maintenance means the maintenance might actually get done.)

 

Yeah, I drain in conjunction with oil changes, from below. I mounted on the lower cross beam, on a slotted angle bracket. Caution though: be sure to make the connection to that beam flexible, use some rubber washers, install bolts finger tight with a second nut torqued against the first to lock. The reason: that beam needs to flex, especially if you're using the front/centre jacking point, which is the underside of the beam.

With the slotted angle atop the beam, and the OCC pushed up high in it's (supplied) bracket, it just clears the engine underpanel.

 

What about the egr circuit then?

 

There's a Finland member who disconnects his in winter IIRC. Still I would try-and-monitor, not sure how freeze prone they are.

I think an effective OCC will slow the rate of carbon build up in EGR circuit, but no hard data to confirm.

I install my OCC about 18 mo back, and recently checked EGR pipe was absolutely clean. Only about 10k kms tho.

 

Bill norton called and he wants his tag line back.

 

My OCC hasn't frozen, in more than 2 years and -15 degree F cold snap this past winter. Water condenses in it during the winter, but with all the solute in it, its freezing point is depressed. And it's heated whenever the engine runs.

 

Heard some feller dump small amount of anti freezing wiper fluids in the can and kept everything in the can from freezing.

 

You don't need to do that: any solute dissolved in water lowers its freezing point based on the amount of solute, not its chemical composition, and there's plenty of oil in there already.