Occ oil catch can

@Mendel Leisk i got an unrelated question. Other than flashing a light inside an egr cooler to see if you can see it on the opposite side, is there anyway to be certain you’ve completely cleared all carb buildup blockage when cleaning ? Could the cooler weight be used to determine this?

I spent considerable hours cleaning my old oem cooler with berrymans chem dip followed by brakleen and oxiclean. The cooler weighed a lot less when finished. Got compressed air through one end and attached a ridgid 16 gallon shop vacuum to the other end. Airflow can be felt from one end to another when It’s blown with compressed air. Any other signs it’s good to go on the car?

 

I put my cooler up to the sun and tried to look through it. It’s still dark so maybe I need to clean it with a pressure washer as others have mentioned. 200.000 miles on a cooler that has never been cleaned doesn’t help.

 

I got one Mishimoto compact can. Cut the Pcv to intake hose in half like everyone else and used 3/8” fuel line with Barb splices. All that was easy.

Problem I ran into was the shelf angle. Couldn’t find any steel and bought zinc instead(will rust). Also the screws I got with the catch can are stainless steel sheet metal screws. . I tried to use them to screw the angle to the car frame after pre-drilling pilot holes but that didn’t work. I ended up using zinc sheet metal screws with zinc washer's. Used two neoprene washers between the angle and the top of the cross beam of the car.

Next thing I found out is that the bracket on this catch can has 3/16” diameter holes. I could’ve used a step bit to increase the size to 5/16” for the 1/4” bolts I got but I got interrupted during the work. Basically the can is hanging on the shelf angle with duct tape separating the dissimilar metals. I also used duct tape to anchor the angle of the catch can on the shelf angle. No wonder why everyone was into the 3d printed brackets in the oil catch can thread.