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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 01:55 PM
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Ive read through a few threads now talking about catch cans and until this site i have never heard of them... so here are a couple of questions
-what exactly do they do, take excess oil out of the manifold?
-where do they mount and what exactly do they hook up to?
-what types/ brands are out there?
-is this a mod i should (seriously) consider for my car?
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 02:09 PM
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-external-engine/473058-i-got-my-catch-can.html

not to be mean but i think its all answered in there
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 02:20 PM
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ighlight=catch

posts number 10 & 11 answer it in words and pictures as to their functionality
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 03:30 PM
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hmm... i suppose i could of searched that, my bad . one more question though, how often do you usualy have to drain them?
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 03:48 PM
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depends...some people never really get anything in them, and some people have bad oil consumption issues - it's relative to every car...if it needs to be drained more than once a month with average mileage, then you probably have problems elsewhere that need to be checked out
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depends on driving, like i said not to be mean ask all the questions you want and we here as a community shall try its best to answer, thats who i learned! I drained the oil in that photo at about 1000 miles with some hard runs on it, and a long road trip. I love catching all that oil this is what my unported throttle body looks like after cleaning and then installing the catch can for a little over 5000 miles....

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I have mine installed next to the fuse box on the driver side. FWIW.
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mine is under the fuse box.
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Thanks for the replies, i think when i FINALLY get to pull my car out of storage (we got 8" of snow last weekend) im going to attempt putting one on. I'll prolly be back asking some more questions
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BTW thats a clean lookin TB. If you guys would like to post a few more pics of where you installed them feel free it'd be great to get some more ideas!
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