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The actual catchcan is easy to bolt in. There's a small pump located in front of the engine. Unbolt the driver's side, loosen the passenger side. Slide the catchcan mounting bracket under the driver's side mount. Reinstall bolt through the pump mount, through the catchcan bracket and into its captive nut. Tighten.
This is a picture looking down at it in its mounted location:
With it in place, and the 3" extension piece already fitted, I placed the PCV hose against the catchcan outlet fitting. I marked the cut location. Snip. Then I slid the outlet piece into the hose.
The piece to the left, that comes out of the crankcase oil separator, rotates. So, spin it 90 degrees and push it into the catchcan inlet fitting. See below:
With some screw clamps in place, the only thing left to do is to relocate the sensor, circled in red to the catchcan, red box. T&S includes a small plug, with gasket and bolt hole, to put in place of the sensor.
The sensor hole on the catchcan is TIGHT. This is the ONLY criticism I have. I should have used my calipers to measure the factory hole and compare it to the catchcan. I got the sensor in, but it wasn't pretty. (I broke some plastic on the sensor. Totally my fault.) So, if you're going to do this. check that catchcan hole. If it's off, it's just a few thou's. I quick ream would've done the job.
Shrug. My sensor is in, and it works.
The drain is at the bottom of the catchcan with a petcock ball valve. I installed a barbed fitting, dropped a fuel-rated line down, zip-tied it as needed, and put another petcock ball-valve on the bottom. To drain the oil from the catchcan, I'll open the top ball-valve, then the bottom one. When done, I'll close both. The bottom one is just to keep any residual oil in the hose from dripping.
Here's an angled shot to show where I have it located. The perspective is off: the valve does not hang below the lower bumper. It is tucked away, out of sight.
Final pic, full install, all done.
Total time was 2 hours. Half of that were those pinch clamps, in back. About 30 minutes was the sensor on top of the catchcan. (In the pic above, you can see a white circle on the sensor. That was due to me snapping off a cover. I've since repaired that. The sensor is fine.)
(Also, in the pic above, there are some other minor differences other then putting the sensor cover on: I turned the one screw clamp near the outflow side so it's not near the engine shroud and easier to access in the future. As well, I've placed a few washers under the sensor bolt so the sensor sits level on the catchcan.)
I've driven about 500 miles with it installed and there is no check engine light.
If you want an oil catchcan for your ecoDiesel, I give T&S Speedshop my best recommendation. This is the cat's meow.
This is a picture looking down at it in its mounted location:
With it in place, and the 3" extension piece already fitted, I placed the PCV hose against the catchcan outlet fitting. I marked the cut location. Snip. Then I slid the outlet piece into the hose.
The piece to the left, that comes out of the crankcase oil separator, rotates. So, spin it 90 degrees and push it into the catchcan inlet fitting. See below:
With some screw clamps in place, the only thing left to do is to relocate the sensor, circled in red to the catchcan, red box. T&S includes a small plug, with gasket and bolt hole, to put in place of the sensor.
The sensor hole on the catchcan is TIGHT. This is the ONLY criticism I have. I should have used my calipers to measure the factory hole and compare it to the catchcan. I got the sensor in, but it wasn't pretty. (I broke some plastic on the sensor. Totally my fault.) So, if you're going to do this. check that catchcan hole. If it's off, it's just a few thou's. I quick ream would've done the job.
Shrug. My sensor is in, and it works.
The drain is at the bottom of the catchcan with a petcock ball valve. I installed a barbed fitting, dropped a fuel-rated line down, zip-tied it as needed, and put another petcock ball-valve on the bottom. To drain the oil from the catchcan, I'll open the top ball-valve, then the bottom one. When done, I'll close both. The bottom one is just to keep any residual oil in the hose from dripping.
Here's an angled shot to show where I have it located. The perspective is off: the valve does not hang below the lower bumper. It is tucked away, out of sight.
Final pic, full install, all done.
Total time was 2 hours. Half of that were those pinch clamps, in back. About 30 minutes was the sensor on top of the catchcan. (In the pic above, you can see a white circle on the sensor. That was due to me snapping off a cover. I've since repaired that. The sensor is fine.)
(Also, in the pic above, there are some other minor differences other then putting the sensor cover on: I turned the one screw clamp near the outflow side so it's not near the engine shroud and easier to access in the future. As well, I've placed a few washers under the sensor bolt so the sensor sits level on the catchcan.)
I've driven about 500 miles with it installed and there is no check engine light.
If you want an oil catchcan for your ecoDiesel, I give T&S Speedshop my best recommendation. This is the cat's meow.
