oil catch can question (not fitment)

[daithi23]

I've a question about catch cans, I just got an ebay special. Looked the business. My old on only had two barbs so I'd to t the two feeds in and the filter didn't fit properly. New one fits and looks much better. ..but it's empty. There is nothing at all inside. Can I put steel wool or sponge or something inside to catch the oil while letting glthe vapour out, or am I better off getting a different one?

I'm also curious about the more technical side of this if anyone can share their knowledge.

 

[Ausjet_S3]

G'day.

Best bet would be to just stuff the new one you bought with steel wool as a sponge would most likely deteriorate, you could go a stage further and make a small baffle to better trap the oil vapour though i think this may be overkill unless your engine has some serious blow-by.

Daniel.

 

[daithi23]

Yeah that's what I was thinking. I was pretty disappointed as the new cab wasn't exactly cheap either.

 

[Jenno007]

you could vent it to atmos and then it doesn't matter if it baffled or not

 

[Ausjet_S3]

from my experience most of the cans on the market don't have baffles or gauze from the factory, no idea why

 

[daithi23]

It does vent to atmosphere alright. I might just stick a bit of steel wool in for the sake of it really.