Rx Catch Can Install on Explorer Sport

[MiWiAu]

I remember reading earlier in this thread that some guys were experiencing oil/gas smells in the cabin and/or oil pooling in the airbox. I thought the cause of the smell in the cabin was from venting the CSS to atmosphere. Correct me if i'm wrong on that though

Right now i'm temporarily using a clear hose for the CSS so i can see if any oil accumulates from the burps transitioning into boost. 175miles on the system now and i haven't seen anything-also no smells in the cabin so smooth sailing

I recall reading the same thing about fuel/oil vapors with CSS VTA. Lucky for me, this has not been my personal experience.

I'm subbed to your how-to thread, so keep us posted on your clear tubing observations (great idea)!



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will do and thank you. i'm fighting the urge to empty the can but would rather get at least 500 miles on it first.
just curious - did you notice an increase in gas mileage at all after installing the catch can?
i'm hoping that will be a nice bi-product!


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I bought my XSport used in late August with 28,500 mi on it and installed the OCC two weeks later after about 1,000 mi, so I did not have enough history with the vehicle to determine if there was any change to fuel economy.

We had a very warm fall, and my first 500mi drain was only about a tsp. Fast forward a couple months to winter, and I drained 13 oz (mostly water) in two consecutive 1,000 mi drains.


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[JimiJak]

I remember reading earlier in this thread that some guys were experiencing oil/gas smells in the cabin and/or oil pooling in the airbox. I thought the cause of the smell in the cabin was from venting the CSS to atmosphere. Correct me if i'm wrong on that though

Right now i'm temporarily using a clear hose for the CSS so i can see if any oil accumulates from the burps transitioning into boost. 175miles on the system now and i haven't seen anything-also no smells in the cabin so smooth sailing

I recall reading the same thing about fuel/oil vapors with CSS VTA. Lucky for me, this has not been my personal experience.

I'm subbed to your how-to thread, so keep us posted on your clear tubing observations (great idea)!



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FWIW I had my CSS vented to the clean side of the air filter box and I was erring a mild smell of oil inside the cabin. I also had an oil soaked filter after a couple thousand miles.


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[SHOdded]

So you need to have a checkvalve on the CSS.

 

[MiWiAu]

So you need to have a checkvalve on the CSS.

I also wonder if routing the hose "up" like glock-coma did (see image in earlier post), would help long term, since oil would be more likely to drain back to the valve cover rather than pool in a low spot.


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[SHOdded]

You mean like this
http://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php/topic,2536.msg90664.html#msg90664

Don't know if it will completely eliminate, but definitely a good practical solution sans checkvalve.

 

[MiWiAu]

You mean like this

Yep! The post numbers in my Tapatalk don't match my PC, so I didn't want to reference a number and have it be wrong. Haha

Thanks!

Hyperlinks don't work in my tapatalk either.   I keep getting routed back to the EBPF home page.


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[8nutz8]

i just pulled the clear hose on my CSS and there's not a trace of oil going back up to the air box after 300+ miles. so i guess it depends on the car. i'll update if i start to see any accumulation though

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[metroplex]

There's not a lot of oil coming out. It's mostly the oil vapor that you smell through the filler cap. My Airaid breather filter has a nice whiff of it, but no signs of oil dripping out.

 

[Wardog692]

My Airaid breather filter has a nice whiff of it, but no signs of oil dripping out.

Slightly off topic here, but what size breather filter did you get? I'm getting a catch can and CSS soon and need a breather filter, but can't figure out what size. 5/8in/17mm is what size the UPR lines are I believe, so do I get that same size filter?

 

[MiWiAu]

My Airaid breather filter has a nice whiff of it, but no signs of oil dripping out.

Slightly off topic here, but what size breather filter did you get? I'm getting a catch can and CSS soon and need a breather filter, but can't figure out what size. 5/8in/17mm is what size the UPR lines are I believe, so do I get that same size filter?

Yeah, you'd want to get a press-in filter to match the ID of your hose.

This is the one I got for mine, which uses 1/2" ID hose: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OO2Q2W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_1LkMybDXXFZ65


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[metroplex]

The UPR fitting and the valve cover fitting is 5/8", so the 1/2" ID breathers will be a very tight fit. AirAid only has a 1/2", while K&N has a 9/16" (but the filter itself is small) and a 5/8" along with a 1/2". I like the AirAid better because the media seems to filter out all the dirt. I tried a Green Filter breather and there was a ton of dirt inside the valve cover port, inside the filter, etc... because Green Filter is garbage for filtration. I also used the AirAid pre-filter wrap with the Green Filter.

I'm running the AirAid with the AirAid pre-filter wrap and have a K&N 5/8" breather as backup. The K&N breathers actually use the AEM dry flow material now. When bpd1151 wrote his article, K&N was still using the oiled cotton gauze, but they've switched to a woven synthetic now that is dry. AirAid is a combination of synthetic with oiled cotton gauze.