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    Lesson Learned

    Hello everyone.

    Got a lesson for you guys that I learned the hard way. CCV reroute to a catch can down on the frame behind the drivers door.

    This is where I mounted mine.

    So I went to Maine for a week its 500 miles there and I changed the oil and fuel filters before I went also drained the catch can.

    All was well until the ride home .the temps up in Maine were -10 to -15 , I had left about 8 am and got about 40 miles down the road and started noticing my exhaust was blowing minor smoke at times which I thought was odd because this never happens so I was thinking it was an injector so I turned the power down to the 0 setting on the tuner.

    Well as i got off the back roads and onto the highway that's when things got worse with the smoke.

    She was blowing smoke like an old ww2 battleship. Grabbed the next exit and got to a gas station, then I noticed the trailer was covered in oil and the tailpipe was dripping oil.

    So I pulled the stick and NOTHING was on it.

    Had to have it towed and my buddy grabbed my trailer.

    Now come to find out this all happened because of my catch can.

    Condensation filled it up halfway and the micron screen that's inside the can was full of water and what happened was it froze and the CCV air couldn't vent causing pressure and the turbo drains wouldn't drain and built up blowing by the seal and burning out the exhaust.

    So that's my catch can lesson.

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    Bummer man.

    Where both of them blown, or just the atmospheric?


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    Sorry that you had you had to learn the hardest way - But Thank You for sharing your experience - It will for sure benefit many others.

    Might think about moving the CC up into the engine bay.

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    Wow, that's a lesson learned for sure!

    That really stinks!

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    So what are you going to do?

    Relocate the can to the engine bay so it stays warm?

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    Old... But Still Here! AnOldBiker's Avatar

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    The manufacture should of warn/mention to you the further away you put the can, the more the vapors condense.

    Don't feel bad, I know others that have done it.

    Consider it a lesson learned.

    That is a nice setup.



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    Yeah , thanks guys.

    I'm going to run it by the brake booster now and from what I saw it was just the atmospheric turbo but the good news is I am replacing that turbo with a stainless 5 blade super core.

    So will see how that goes.

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    I totally agree with you they should of sent warning about the placement of the can.

    Hopefully this helps others i almost thought I lost the motor when the oil level was low.

    16 cummins Laramie longhorn, ccsb, 35x12.5x20 xplora mts ,tis wheels,fully deleted, pusher add a turbo kit,stainless diesel 475 5blade turbo over 63mm VGT delete turbo,manton springs, manton valve bridges,manton pushrods,ARP 625 headstuds,steedspeed t4i manifold , S&S 80% over injectors, thuren rear trackbar, kingspeed billet valve cover, revmax valve body billet plate, CCV reroute, pusher intake horn, thuren 2in level with king 2.5 front and rear, sway bar kit ,track bar and king steering damper. Air bags from airlift. 4" exhaust, fass lift pump,MM3,DRD tunes.pusher coolant reroute.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bpbertolacini View Post
    I'm going to run it by the brake booster now and from what I saw it was just the atmospheric turbo but the good news is I am replacing that turbo with a stainless 5 blade super core.
    Nice!

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    Update, so I finally found time to get my truck back together, and with the new stainless diesel, S475 installed, I opted for the 1.15 ar instead of the 1.32, and honestly, I think it's way better.

    The boost comes on quicker at lower rpm, and my EGT's are a lot lower now, surprisingly.

    Also, due to the 5 blade, it's definitely a whistle machine.

    I'm glad I went his route, and I hope this helps someone else with a compound setup.

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    16 cummins Laramie longhorn, ccsb, 35x12.5x20 xplora mts ,tis wheels,fully deleted, pusher add a turbo kit,stainless diesel 475 5blade turbo over 63mm VGT delete turbo,manton springs, manton valve bridges,manton pushrods,ARP 625 headstuds,steedspeed t4i manifold , S&S 80% over injectors, thuren rear trackbar, kingspeed billet valve cover, revmax valve body billet plate, CCV reroute, pusher intake horn, thuren 2in level with king 2.5 front and rear, sway bar kit ,track bar and king steering damper. Air bags from airlift. 4" exhaust, fass lift pump,MM3,DRD tunes.pusher coolant reroute.

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