I have been told an oil catch can is a wise investment on boosted vehicles. does anybody here on the forum have one? I am thinking I could use it cause either this thing is pig rich or I have a blowby issue.

 

on modified turbo'd cars not stock ones. and i am not talking about mods like a intake and show off valve.

 

dang so the K&N filter isn't enough to warrant it eh. ah well thanks for the info.

 

it could benefit from it.. on my tsx i have one between the intake manifold tube and head and i empty it every oil change.. the oil in the engines is recycled back threw there in the valves which can cause build up on the valves in time.. someone else on the forum put one on there RDX forget who.. but i say go for it..

 

On this car where would you put it?

 

my guess would be over by the intake.. if you have an after market intake you would have more room there or by the battery

 

Yea I don't see a lot of space to throw this in. I took my TMIC off to clean and inspect the plugs and looked into the intake tube off the turbo and there was a film of oil but the plugs don't look like the car has been belching oil into the cylinders but this does worry me. also looks like a breather tube is leaking oil onto the cylinder head. helpful to have a catch can with this happening?

 

Don't have an answer. But on our 2000 Prelude oil consumption led to plugged egr ports and lots of troubleshooting for a po301,2,3, & 4. Had to pull injectors and erg valve and remove carbon soot.

 

IMO the oil catch can is a complete waste of money (not needed/no performance gain) on the RDX. It wont improve anything either IMO. But hey...."to each his own"....i'm just sayin.

 

I use one on my Jeep haven't had the time to make one for my RDX yet but here is a pic of how well it works. The crap in the tub is oil and water mix. The catch can keeps this out of my intake system. And it ruins the inside of an intercooler fyi. The film inhibits heat transfer.

 

Any turbocharged car will benifit from a catch can, especially a stock one. I've owned many srt4's and it's a huge difference between catch can or no catch can. With catch can your intake, turbo, intercooler, pressure hoses and intake manifold stay dry as compared to oil in all of those without a catch can.

 

I came in here hoping someone had a diagram on how to properly setup a catch on RDX

 

Here is a Moroso oil catch can I installed on my RDX. 1. PCV valve (drilled) to the can and breather tube to can.