Catch Can

[GlassHeadlights]

I have this can thing that came off of a A/C system on a EF hatch. Just wondering if I can use it as a oil catch can...not that I have any need to but I didn't want to throw it away yet.

It has an "in" and a "out" but I don't know what happens in between, I actually don't know what happens in a real catch can.

 

[phyregod]

Nope. That has a dryer agent in it, usually silica gel beads. You wouldn't want that getting into your oil.

If you cut it open, cleaned it out, and re-welded it I suppose you could. Most people won't weld aluminum though.. I think it would be more trouble finding someone to weld it than it would be worth. You can buy real catch cans for ~$30.

 

[GlassHeadlights]

So whats in a real can? Is it just empty in there?