Ok I quickly read it. If your dealership is kicking your warranty due to a oil catch can then you have a shitty dealership point blank. I have been a tech for 15+ years at a dealership and am told to warranty stuff that shouldn't be warranty everyday. A oil catch can is the least of a dealerships worry unless they are just looking for a way out.
If I remember correctly: blown engine, replaced under warranty, blown engine, something about no mods to the engine, but clearly modified it by installing a catch can, Stellantis said that the original replacement shouldn't have been covered by warranty, everyone was upset.
That is crazy as a dealership tech lol the service department must have really hated the customer.
Potter, you sound like a great tech working for a great dealership. Unfortunately, there are not many dealers like that out there. The dealers here in Denver look for any reason possible to deny a warranty. My 3.6l blew up at 25k miles. The tech told me that a catch can or even modified intake could have made it difficult. I realize there is the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (MMWA) to help the consumer on this, but going up against Stellanis is a big battle that will cost more money that most people have.
I added a UPR catch can and it completely eliminated my sever spark knock
A catch can really isn't needed for naturally asperated applications. I'd suggest not bothering with it. A dealer shouldn't give a shit, if they do the tech is lazy and doesn't feel like working on the vehicle. Just find a different dealer if that is ever brought up.
Warranty work pays less, sometimes a lot less than what it really costs to do. With most techs getting paid by "book" time, they would rather fill their time doing things that pay more. If they have a job that book pays $500 for for 2/hrs, but they can do it in an hour, they just doubled their money. Warranty work can state it's 3 hours, and that's all they'll pay, even if it's BS job like pulling the whole F'ing dash to replace the heater core and it takes 8 hours to do it per procedure. Some shitty shops will tell you it's not warranty hoping to get you to bite and pay their full price, then "help you out" by lowering their price since you are stuck, while still filing for warranty work and still making the money.
If you saw the amount of oil that dumps out of a 3.6 intake everyday you might reconsider lol
I agree.
Replace your PCV. That's not normal at all.
I've had literally hundreds of 3.6 intakes off and they all have oil that dumps out of them I've been working on CDJR since 2008
