I have the BD kit and have had it for 6 or so years now. It performs well, I never have oil in my CAC tubes or turbo. I like the fact that the oil goes to a catch can, I can drain it easily as its in the passenger fender and every couple years I replace the filter.

The only down side I see to the "kits" is cost. Im sure that all the parts can be purchased separately and some money can be saved, but I wanted it right away and I bought the kit. The other down side is it mounts where your coolant filter mounts.

All in all I think its a great kit, well put together, all the fittings are good quality, the separator can is nice and heavy, and I've never had any problems to speak of.

Hope that helps.

Sarge

 

His has been that way for the last year and hasen't seen any bad side-effects. The haze that it produces very light and you can really only see it in the winter. I was always worried about too much pressure this way also, but it is this way on the Kenworth big rigs that I have seen and on every tractor. If I chose not to vent to atmosphere, I was thinking about using one of the Tractor Supply strainer cans and putting it directly under the degas so the whole system would only involve about 2 feet of hose.

 

I don't get why people want to overcomplicate this mod. You don't have to spend hundreds on it either. A freeze plug and a hose is all you need. Mine has been that way for probably 8 years and 100k miles.

 

King B, hurry up, make a decision, and do the mod by this weekend. I'll be heading home to Statesville and I'll need you to swing on by and do the mod on mine!

 

I agree. I just used a 3/4" PVC plug to plug the hole in the CAI and a big long piece of 1" ID heater hose. I took that 90* elbow coming out of the CCV and turned it toward the driver side fender, attach the heater hose to it, and ran it down under the truck and ended it just before the rear axle. Cheapest, easiest mod ever.

 

Iam glad to hear so many people just run a Hose off it & call it done, with no ill effects even after numerous years...Thanks everyone

Sarge, I'll be honest I always spend a butt-ton of $ on my Truck & I would prefer the BD Kit but considering the $ of it (truck has tapped me out lately) & mostly the fact that I would have no idea what to do w/the Coolant Filter, its sucks that both Kits were designed to mount in the same place
What did u end up doing w/your Coolant Filter

 

Sorry but this decision is in anticipation of an upcoming event, Iam too busy to get at it right now (but very soon) mostly due to the fact I haven't made up my mind nor do I have the stuff. I get my mind made up & the stuff to do it in advance , have to catch u next time

 

The one ill effect would be you bank and having to give money to the
feds if you get inspected with it OR if you dive through California and
the smog cops stop you for a look. But the risk of that may not be
all that great.


Sean

 

My Coolant filter is mounted to the passenger side fender next to the vacuum pump.

Sarge

 

I've been toying with the idea for a while now too.
I think I would prefer a closed system, but now reading some of these guys that are open, I'm not sure...

Here's a few thoughts too, could easily be made closed or open.
CCV Catch Can Photos by Stroker67 | Photobucket
My $25 CCV Mod! Easy! - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum
NCHornet CCV Mod (Pics)

I'm just using these for reference to improve upon, but it seems like it's be pretty inexpensive.

 

A person could also go back to the steel wool
in a can like in the old days.


Sean

 

These kits are also good ones.

S3 Oil Catch Can

Used by Corvette, Lotus, Nissian 350Z etc.. 115.00 plus shipping. Plus your clamps and hoses you'd be around 150.00 Much cheaper than Racor 4500 unit. There's can be up to a 3-5 week wait during peak season which is starting now.

Waiting on email conformation for my unit. S3-OCC

 

As already stated, most over the road trucks just vent to the atmosphere. I believe this very engine in a truck or school bus vents to the atmosphere.
The cummins in my 2001 dodge pickup vents to the atmosphere.

 

 

^^^ thanks for the Pic's Will
So simple, so cheap & has been working (without dripping) for 2 years
More & more liking the idea of Atmosphere but probably dumping near Rear Shock