I bought 2017 f150 with 2.7 motor. love the truck and motor. Now I see some people are saying i need a catch can. If the truck needed it I would think Ford would have do it. Most of my miles are 60 mph average, some pulling a small boat. How much are catch cans? What skill level of shade mechanic can install 1?
Thanks

 

Snake Oil

 

It's your truck, you decide if you want oil in your intake.
I used the same filter, from Jegs, $ 55, for all three installs. Spliced into the factory tubing, using basic hand tools & stuff most people have @ their house.
Poster # 2 wants oil in his intake, I don't.
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............The 2011 I just sold.

............The 14 I currently own.

.............The one on my 17 F150 5.0.

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One thing to remember is a catch can condenses the oil vapor so it looks worse than it actually is. The concentration of oil vapor going through the engine is so minute that it doesn't harm anything. No record of ecoboost engines failing due to valve coking. Your money, your piece of mind. That's my 2 cents.

 

Modern turbocharged engines have the technology needed to prevent these issues. Ford engineers would have put one if it would have needed one.

If you want to help even more, let your engine idle at least 15-30 seconds on start-ups and the same thing before shutting it down when you can.

 

I feel that Ford would have added the catch can if it needed it too. How does letting it ideal for 20 to 30 seconds help? Just read where Ford added thr catch can to 2018 models.

 

I would like to read this if you can post up.

 

I’m sure we all thought they would also fix the exploding rear window right away, clean up the ugly surface rust covered drive shafts and provide better quality shocks out the door.

Ha.....

 

Believe what you want but i will always have one on my vehicles. Ive also sent samples from my can to Blackstone Labs to have analyzed and based off the results i will continue to run one on all my vehicles.


Wayne

 

Although modern turbocharged engines don't need any idling before shutting them down (I think our turbos are water cooled and that the coolant continues to circulate a while after you shut it down), I still believe that letting the engine idle a little before and after use is beneficial.