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Old 03-03-2009 | 07:00 PM
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I emptied the catch can for the first time since the install of all the parts. About 4k miles on the truck and the can was beyond full! Had oil on bottom and coffee on top, is this normal to what people have been seeing?
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Damn, how do you have yours hooked up?
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holy crap man!!!! how is it hooked up?
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Pasangers side vale cover goes into the j tube. Drivers side goes to the catch can then to the j tube. I forgot which one goes to which spot on the j tube, but its how the radix has you install them.
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well that sounds rite,have you contacted Leftcoast 32 on here?
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I run a hose from each valve cover to my catch can and thats it. I know it would be beneficial to have a vacuum source hooked up to it, but I don't right now. Anyway, I don't drive my truck that much but I usually do have to empty it every oil change.
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ive noticed catch cans fill with mostly a watery gas/oil smelling liquid. looks pretty nasty but is not just straight oil. in my car i had to drain the 1qt can every 1k miles or so. it had some miles on it and was supercharged so that may add to the pressures in there but i think its mostly vapor and or condensation thats in the can
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I get a good tablespoon out of mine every 1k or so, and in the winter months it can look kind of milky as it seems to catch moisture that hasn't burned off...
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Pasangers side vale cover goes into the j tube. Drivers side goes to the catch can then to the j tube. I forgot which one goes to which spot on the j tube, but its how the radix has you install them.
I getting ready to put one on my truck s/c, do you have pics showing the hose setup behind the charger to the can and back

thanks
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Originally Posted by shakesvho
I getting ready to put one on my truck s/c, do you have pics showing the hose setup behind the charger to the can and back

thanks
I don't own a camera... else I would. I ran the lines underneath the blower snout and along the blower case to the drivers side cover.

When i emptied the catch can, it was kinda dark and I thought the fluid I was pouring out under the cofee was to thin to be oil.. it coulda been mostly water with some oil on top


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