True, but a catch can will hold more oil than just the line alone. I run a can, but always drain it before I go wheeling. Luckily, mine has never had a lot in it and I’ve done some steep vertical climbs.
The top of the bank holds way more oil than the catch can when on the angle, the catch can fills very quickly and becase it's at that angle as well it has reduced capacity too.
The reason for the TSB and potential hydrolock would both be caused by the valve sucking oil into the intake tract so it "should" help in both scenarios.
No, If its 3rd party/aftermarket it would not be approved. I have not seen the terraflex offerings but I would imagine someone has or can build a catch can system with a check valve in place that would prevent it from feeding your intake oil.
That's not a catch can it's just the check valve. It's a metal ball in a channel, when level ground it's open, when on an angle (noise up) it moves to block this path.
Ouch! I take it that you avatar pic was taken about the time this happened?I helps until the catch can is full or the drain is covered by oil when on angle.
No, probably 15k kms before. I had the ingestion on slopes around 6 times before it randomly decided to let go driving down the highway.
I see therefore there is no reservoir at any point in the system. FCA denied your warranty claim with this system in place or another?
I think the JK 3.6 gets away with it as it's lower compression. I'm thinking in the JL everytime it happens it's doing a little bit of damage to the rod, combined with the pinging in normal conditions it was only a matter of time...Ahhh, engines these days. The machining is too precise and the tolerances are too tight. What ever happened to the good old days of sloppy engines that used a lot of oil. This sort of tragedy would have never happened.
