How often do you empty your catch can?
11-14-2013, 11:57 PM
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How often do you empty your catch can? I have about a 1/2 litter catch can, how often do you have to drain the water out?
I'm running on e85, and I know that it produces a lot more water (I get a lot of water blowing out my exhaust when I fire it up cold). But I put maybe 1000 miles on the car since it has had a turbo and catch can and found that it was full of water tonight. I can't believe it was completely full of water already!
I'm running on e85, and I know that it produces a lot more water (I get a lot of water blowing out my exhaust when I fire it up cold). But I put maybe 1000 miles on the car since it has had a turbo and catch can and found that it was full of water tonight. I can't believe it was completely full of water already!
11-15-2013, 08:12 PM
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I drain mine everytime I drive it. Here is what I do.
1. Drive the car
2. Park the car
3. Open the hood
4. Drain the catch can
Next Time I drive it
1. Check Oil
2. Close hood
3. Drive car.....
It takes all of an extra miniute to do it and I want to make sure no water in my oil whatsoever. Just too easy to do not to check it. My catch can is in a very easy place to drain on the firewall. Maybe a spoon full of water comes out each time. At the track I drain it after every pass. Again, its just too easy to drain so no reason not to.
If yours was full I would definitely change the oil before I fired it up again.
Another thing I do is I let mine get to 200 degrees after starting for the first time. I just want to ensure that I burned off any condensation in the valve covers, etc... Then I drive it and it runs like a kitten at about 170 degrees.
1. Drive the car
2. Park the car
3. Open the hood
4. Drain the catch can
Next Time I drive it
1. Check Oil
2. Close hood
3. Drive car.....
It takes all of an extra miniute to do it and I want to make sure no water in my oil whatsoever. Just too easy to do not to check it. My catch can is in a very easy place to drain on the firewall. Maybe a spoon full of water comes out each time. At the track I drain it after every pass. Again, its just too easy to drain so no reason not to.
If yours was full I would definitely change the oil before I fired it up again.
Another thing I do is I let mine get to 200 degrees after starting for the first time. I just want to ensure that I burned off any condensation in the valve covers, etc... Then I drive it and it runs like a kitten at about 170 degrees.
