Catch Can?

[donjetman]

Ok, why not? What makes it inferior to a purpose built one?

Looks too small.
A catch can has a larger camber/cavity that has a larger effect on the energy of the gases flowing thru it so liquid(s) have a greater opportunity to drop out of the gaseous air.

 

[89Suburban]

Are they 3/8" ports on it diver of the swath? Shit for 5 bucks, just try it as an experiment for the fun of it and our entertainment here.

 

[swathdiver]

Looks too small.
A catch can has a larger camber/cavity that has a larger effect on the energy of the gases flowing thru it so liquid(s) have a greater opportunity to drop out of the gaseous air.

Got it, my brain is already thinking of a work around to that! Thanks!

Are they 3/8" ports on it diver of the swath? Shit for 5 bucks, just try it as an experiment for the fun of it and our entertainment here.

It was $16 plus shipping or something like that. Still cheap and not sure about the ports, have to look again. Well, if I get this other stuff done on my list, I might just do it. But it sure is getting hot outside already! My fat butt doesn't take kindly to Florida's heat anymore.

 

[gooffeyguy]

Just make sure to check it often, it may fill up rather quickly

 

[iamdub]

Might this work as a catch can? It's and old AC Delco design fuel water separator with a glass bowl.

Perkins 4.99 Sedimenter Kit

A Perkins 4.99 high quality water separator (pre-filter) with re-usable internal gauze strainer and glass bowl

www.parts4engines.com

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This one has no mounts:

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Might this style be more advantageous?

Virtually no coalescing media and extremely small capacity. For $20 or less, you can get an actually functional catch can off Amazon.

The only reasonable purpose I could see that would be after a catch can to collect what passes it and be able to see it. But, I'd use one of those water/air separators for a compressor for that before going through the hassle of implementing that small glass one.

 

[swathdiver]

Virtually no coalescing media and extremely small capacity. For $20 or less, you can get an actually functional catch can off Amazon.

The only reasonable purpose I could see that would be after a catch can to collect what passes it and be able to see it. But, I'd use one of those water/air separators for a compressor for that before going through the hassle of implementing that small glass one.

Well, I was thinking of putting in a brass tube inside, bent down towards the bottom of the bowl to direct incoming gases and fluids down there and use some steel wool type material as the coalescing material. Right now it's just something I'm thinking about. I also have some K&N breathers leftover from that conversation we had about this 3 years ago but may forgo this route as it would smell and put droplets of oil on the driveway over time.

Funny the things we care about now compared to when we were young! LOL

 

[donjetman]

Swathdiver, and I thought I was cheap
I have a spare catch can I'll send you for free.
Send me an address

 

[iamdub]

Funny the things we care about now compared to when we were young! LOL

And the things we could get away with. Somewhat along these lines, I remember one of the first mods we did to our Hondas was to remove the hose going from the valve cover to the throttle body. Stick a $3 breather filter in the valve cover and cap off the port on the throttle body. No CELs.

The early 2000s and prior had cable TBs that would get stuck closed overnight from the oily schmoo settling in the bottom of the TB and gluing the blade to it. My girlfriend almost backed into her sister's car one morning when the throttle blade cracked loose and the car unexpectedly shot rearward. I told her to press the pedal one time to crack it free each morning before starting and it'd be fine until I could get over there to clean the TB and delete that circuit. The breathers lasted about a year before they were too soaked to keep.

 

[swathdiver]

Swathdiver, and I thought I was cheap
I have a spare catch can I'll send you for free.
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Thanks Don, it's not too much about the money, I just thought being able to see it would be better for me as I tend to forget things. Might be easier for my wife if I go on to glory sooner than later too. Is that a bottom drain on there? Hmm...

 

[swathdiver]

And the things we could get away with. Somewhat along these lines, I remember one of the first mods we did to our Hondas was to remove the hose going from the valve cover to the throttle body. Stick a $3 breather filter in the valve cover and cap off the port on the throttle body. No CELs.

I did that on most all of our family's 1970s-1990s vintage cars back in the day. Hollowed out the cats, threw away the charcoal canisters and all the spaghetti vacuum lines and they ran better and got better gas mileage. On my '79 the gas filler neck was punched out so we could keep running leaded gas too!