Oil Catch Can. Yes or No?

[Gsxrdoug]

Well shit, now you have me thinking that my hoses are on backwards. And yes they are a Freaking Pain in the Arse to get to

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[Dr3wDrop]

Well shit, now you have me thinking that my hoses are on backwards. And yes they are a Freaking Pain in the Arse to get to

It doesn't look like the Mishimoto kit has a check valve in either line so I don't think the hoses could be installed backwards.

 

[Gsxrdoug]

It doesn't look like the Mishimoto kit has a check valve in either line so I don't think the hoses could be installed backwards.

Just looked at their website again, your correct doesn't look like a check is involved just blow through. Plus damn-it I'm pretty good at following directions. LOL

 

[Dr3wDrop]

Just looked at their website again, your correct doesn't look like a check is involved just blow through. Plus damn-it I'm pretty good at following directions. LOL

i was good at following an incorrect video ?

 

[Dr3wDrop]

Quick update. No more fuel smell after switching the lines. Also got to dump some iced coffee looking fluid from the can today.

 

[Dr3wDrop]

While I was checking in my CC today, I noticed the sweat band on the crank case breather was SOAKED. Wiped everything down real good and put on a new sweat band. Checked the oil and everything looked good on that end.

 

[TORQUERULES]

So I got to thinking about oil because of a discussion on an SVT forum I am part of, and I thought about how I have been using 5w40 with pretty good results, but what if there might be something else I could try. Thinking about how our long block assembly is basically stolen from the Focus RS, I looked up what they use. 5w50 synthetic from the factory. I am going to try it. Right now I have some 5w40 waiting to go in, so on the change after the next one (in a couple of hundred miles) I will be trying 5w50 synthetic. I'll report back in a few months, lol.

 

[dtech]

What do mean by " I thought about how I have been using 5w40 with pretty good results " ?

I wouldn't put 5w50 in a stock Ranger.

 

[rcairflr]

Right now I have some 5w40 waiting to go in, so on the change after the next one (in a couple of hundred miles) I will be trying 5w50 synthetic. I'll report back in a few months, lol.

Report back what? I don't see how you could possibly evaluate if that oil has been better , worse or no change. the job of oil is to protect the engine from friction and wear. There is no way to properly evaluate this without tearing down the engine and inspect it.

 

[TORQUERULES]

Report back what? I don't see how you could possibly evaluate if that oil has been better , worse or no change. the job of oil is to protect the engine from friction and wear. There is no way to properly evaluate this without tearing down the engine and inspect it.

I just want to report on what the catch can contents look like. Since this is the catch can thread and all. Looking at oil dilution (fuel). Not gonna do any internet jockey oil analysis, etc.

Right now I have mostly moisture, but it's tainted with a little fuel. Mostly smell. Won't burn. Since going to 5w40 Pennzoil Platinum Euro I see very little dilution. But, I thought since a truck application can be comperable to a high performance application due to how the engine is worked, trying what Ford recommended for the RS would be a good experiment. The thin oil our Rangers originally call for is mostly for fuel mileage gains IMHO.

 

[rcairflr]

The thin oil our Rangers originally call for is mostly for fuel mileage gains IMHO.

Yes, for fuel mileage gains, but why do they get better fuel economy? See below for what I found to answer this question:


Engines are Built to Use a Certain Viscosity of Motor Oil
Today’s advanced engines are built with much tighter tolerances than their predecessors. The clearances between the crankshaft journals and main bearings are tighter, for one. This is purposely done to allow modern engines to use lower-viscosity motor oil, like 0W-20 and even 0W-16.

Lower-viscosity oils reduce internal friction since they flow more easily than higher-viscosity oils, improving fuel economy.

 

[rcairflr]

The thin oil our Rangers originally call for is mostly for fuel mileage gains IMHO.

Assuming my post above is correct, and lower viscosity oils actually reduce friction. Then what do you expect to accomplish? Just what is in the catch can?
Since I am no expert on engine friction and wear, I would never change the oil the manufacturer calls for.

 

[dtech]

You can read a bit on viscosity and what a wide range means to the oil - it's done with extenders that can sometimes have negative impact on the effectiveness of the oil.

https://syntheticlubricants.ca/the-thick-thin-of-viscosity/

 

[puckdodger]

I wouldn't put 5w50 in a stock Ranger.

me neither. I trust the engineers to occasionally get some things correct, oil viscosity being one of them.

 

[Zvedza]

fwiw, the manual on the Lightning says to use 5w-20, been using 5w-30 for roughly 100k miles.
Then again, thats 2004, dunno if the tolerances for the 2.3 are tighter.
Running 0w-30 in the ranger for about 7.5k miles. Always figured the lower weight helps protect the engine at cold start better.

5W-50 seems high to me, only thing i had that used that was a '12 gt500. The hellcat motors use 0w-40.
My bike uses 10w-40 per factory and its noisy for a bit before quieting down.

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