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C&L Gen 2 Monster Oil Separator Catch Can; Black (Universal; Some Adaptation May Be Required)

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    Hey, guys. So today, we're checking out these C&L Gen 2 Monster Oil Catch Can, fitting all 1999 and newer Silverado 1500s, and 2007 and newer Sierra 1500s. So, if you're looking for a mod that's going to extend the life of your engine while also retaining all of that power in the meantime, the oil catch can is a great investment, and this option by C&L is a great choice to take a look into for a number of different reasons.Now, starting off, what this essentially is going to do is catch all the oily vapors that are created through combustion, filter them out, retain all that oil inside this catch can here and send all that clean air through your PCV system back into your valves, your intake manifold, and your throttle body. Now, if you don't have a system like this, all that oily vapor is usually going to create a residue in all of those components that I just mentioned, and even in extreme cases, it can rob you of some of that power that your motor has. So, with this catch can, this is going to, again, extend the life and keep all of that power.Now, this specific choice by C&L is going to be unique for a number of different reasons, and it's gonna have a very high-quality design. Now, starting off, this is huge in comparison to some other catch cans that we have available and it's gonna have a 20-ounce capacity. Now, to put that into perspective, a lot of other options are going to usually have a 3 or a 3.5 or even up to a 5-ounce canister as to where this is very large in size. So, not only is this going to hold a lot of oil, but you won't have to check it for up to 20,000 miles. Now, you can check it periodically with the little check window up at the top here, so you can keep an eye on it. But this is more of a set-it-and-forget-it mod. Now, not necessarily you will still have to drain this once it fills up but even that is very easy to do in itself. So, in comparison to some other choices they usually will unscrew the bottom, you'll dump the oil out of that can, they will wash it and you'll set it back in. But with this, this is going to have a check valve up at the top, a valve down at the bottom and you would drain this into an oil pan.So, you won't have to remove any components. You can drain this or bleed this just like you do your brakes or changing your oil. So, once you take your clear hose, route that down to your oil pan, you would just put this down at the bottom, pull up this check valve and it will create a pressurized system to push all of that oil out. Now, that is going to be very unique in itself and it's going to be very easy to maintenance and keep an eye on. Now, what I really like about this is the quality and the overall design of the internals. So, not only is the size as well as the bleeding system or the drainage system going to be unique, but the process inside is going to be unique as well. So, not only is going to have a stainless steel filter down at the bottom, but that's actually going to be the second part of the oil and the air separation. At the front here, you are going to have a separation using centrifugal force as well as thermal condensation. Now, in simpler terms, what it's gonna do is separate that oil, push it up against the walls and streamline all of that air down to the filter, and then it's gonna go through that filtration process.So, you're getting all of that clean air inside your PCV system in comparison to some other choices that just use a standard filter. So, overall, this is going to be a very unique design and I personally really think that this is a quality product. Now, not to mention, it's gonna come with everything that you need to install. The other unique thing about this is that it is a universal kit. So you can really install this on whatever you want. However, of course, we are installing it on the 2014 Silverado behind us. But that is why you're getting 14 feet of line. So, you can actually put this wherever you'd like inside of your engine bay. It does come with two brackets, so they give you a ton of line in order to install this and, kind of, customize it to where you want it to sit. They give you the hose for the drainage system, a number of different fittings and even a hose over here that separated from the main hose. So, overall, this is going to be a very high-quality system. I personally really like how this is set up, and it's not going to be set up like the average catch can to catch all that blow-by and extend the life of your engine.Now, with that being said, since this does have a couple extra bells and whistles to the kit, this is going to be one of your more premium options sitting right around $300. So, like I mentioned with those other options in the category page, there are a couple of different differences, the main one being canister size. If you're looking to really, kind of, set it, forget it, check it once in a blue moon, this is gonna be more for you. Also, if you're looking for a very easy maintenance system, I would definitely say that this is more up your alley.As far as install again, this is gonna be a universal kit, so you really can put it anywhere inside your engine bay that you want. However, this is going to be a two out of three wrenches on the difficulty meter. You're gonna need a couple of basic hand tools to get the job done and probably two hours' worth of your time. I'm gonna give you my recommendation on where to put this and where to fit this inside of your Silverado. So, speaking of that install, let's jump into that now.The tools that I used for my install were an impact wrench, a ratchet, 13-millimeter, 11-millimeter, and 8-millimeter socket, a marker, a pair hose cutters, and white lithium grease.So, our first step is to take off our factory airbox. What I'm gonna do is disconnect the PVC piping on either side. You're gonna have two. And then after those are off of the airbox what we can do is loosen up the clamp on the throttle body and the clamp on the airbox over on this side with an 8-millimeter socket. Back on that, do the same thing with our throttle body here. And then we can get this up and out of the way. Next, we can disconnect the PVC piping underneath our throttle body. Just gonna push on that gray clip and pull back. Then if you follow that all the way to the back of the intake manifold, you can just push down on that gray clip and pull back, and then we can completely remove this line because we will be using our provided line to run to our catch can. Just wiggle this up. So, now we are ready to mount up our catch can once everything is uninstalled.So, I'm going to mount our catch can to our bracket here first and then we can mount up the bracket. So, we're gonna take these bolts on this side out, making sure that you're keeping the flat washer and the lock washer, then we can place the bracket down in front and install our bracket on our catch can.You are provided with another bracket as well, if you see that that is a better fit for your engine bay or wherever you'd like to put yours, and you can do that as well.So, again, this is a universal mount, you can put this wherever you see fit inside your engine bay. I'm gonna put it back on the support bracket here. So, I'm gonna remove that bolt with the 13-millimeter socket. We can grab our bracket. Place that up on top. We loosen this up just to make sure that we have some wiggle room with our racket. Now, with that threaded in, we can, kind of, adjust this. What we can do now is just tighten up that bolt that we threaded in with that 30-millimeter socket. So, once the bracket itself is in place, then we can tighten down the bolts on the back of our catch can. I'm gonna use an 11-millimeter socket.So, what we can do now is start to measure out our line. So, I'm gonna start with the valve down underneath our throttle body here. Just gonna place the hose over it so I know where it's gonna sit. This is gonna go to the middle. I'm just gonna take a marker, make a line, cut more than I need, [inaudible 00:09:37]. We kind of do the same for the other one. And that's gonna be right around the same length, a little bit shorter. Then we can go cut that and then after we cut our line, attach it, we can work on our accelerator PVC right here. So, we measured out the center line. Now, what we have to do is trim this. I'm gonna use a pair of hose cutters, but what you can do is also use a knife if you don't have one of these. You just wanna make sure that you're very careful in doing so. So, now we have to measure out our second line. Now, this was just a tad shorter than this one. So, I'm gonna cut it just under, not too short, because we wanna make sure that we still have extra line if we need it. All right. So, now that those are cut, we can head back over to our truck and install these.So, what we can do now is install our hoses on our catch can. Now, you are provided with these fittings that are going to click into the ports up at the top here. So, we're gonna slide this into our hose. So, once that's on the hose, we can click that on to our catch can, run this hose down to our valve down here, slide that over, make sure that that is seated correctly and then we can move on to our next hose. Then we can connect our next hose, doing the same thing. So, after these two hoses are installed, what we can do now is remove our accelerator PVC hose up at the front here. So again, this is just one of those clips. We're gonna pull that back and then we're going to tie this into a tee fitting, so we can attach the valve to our catch can as well as the back of our intake. So, before we can actually cut our hoses to fit, we need to make sure that they're cut correctly. So, we're gonna pop our intake back into place. The only reason why we really did remove it was to reach that hose or the valve down at the bottom a little bit better.Pop our intake back over our throttle body. Pop our hose back on to our airbox here, right? And then we can tighten it up with that 8-millimeter socket. So, for our next step, what we have to do is connect the airbox PCV valve to the factory one on the head here and we also have to connect it to the catch can. Now, how we're gonna do that is with a tee fitting here. We're also gonna use the fitting similar to this to attach to our catch can. So, what we need to do now is just cut our line. So, these are actually pretty close together. So, what I'm gonna do is a shorter line and bring it over underneath these lines here and then we can attach it to the top of our catch can here. So, I just have these hose cutters again. These actually might even be a little too long. What I'm gonna do is sit that around and you could even use the tee fitting with the factory hose if you'd like to cut the factory hose. However, I don't wanna do that in this case. What we can do is route this over to the side. We still might have to trim that, but that's okay. Then we can grab another hose. So, at this point, what we can do is tee these up. As you can tell, we have a pretty big excess here. So, I'm gonna grab hose cutters and just trim these up.We're gonna take our tee here. So, now that that is in place, what we can do is grab an extended piece of hose, attach it to our tee fitting here, and then up with our factory style connector at our catch can. Just wanna cut a piece that is roughly that length. Again, we can cut a little bit more than we need. You're gonna tap it to our factory style fitting. Might be helpful to use some grease. I'm just using white lithium grease and I have been for most of these fittings here. We can clip this down into place and then attach it to our tee fitting. So, like I said, we probably didn't need all of that, so we're going to just trim this up again. Then we're actually gonna take a little bit more off of that. Just wanna make sure that the line isn't kinked. So, once everything is connected and you make sure that the lines are not kinked, everything's good to go. So, after your catch can is installed, our last step is just to re-secure our other PCV hose on the other side of our airbox here. All right. And once that is installed, then you're all set to go.So, that's gonna wrap it up for my review and install. Make sure you like and subscribe. And for all things Silverado and Sierra, always keep it right here on americantrucks.com.

    Product Information

    Features, Description, Reviews, Q&A, Specs & Installation

    Features

    • Reduces Blow-By and Engine Sludge
    • Black Finish with White C&L Logo
    • Easy Plug-And-Play Installation
    • Includes PCV Line with Quick Connect Fittings
    • Top Mounted Release Valve
    • 20 oz Reservoir
    • Stainless Steel Coalescing Filter
    • Level Indicator
    • Fits all 1999-2024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Models

    Description

    Minimize Engine Sludge. Prevent engine sludge from hampering the power and performance of your Chevrolet Silverado by installing a C&L Gen 2 Monster Oil Catch Can. Crankcase exhaust gases (better known as blow-by) is an oily vapor that re-enters through your engines PCV system and will gradually coat the inside of your throttle body and intake manifold. Overtime this oily residue can thicken and become engine sludge which will rob you of power. However, a Catch Can (sometimes known as an Air/Oil Separator) will capture these blow-by gases before they are able to re-enter the system to prevent the formation of this engine sludge. A C&L Gen 2 Monster Oil Catch Can is a must have upgrade for all Wrangler owners that want to prevent the formation of this sludge in order to maintain peak power and performance.

    How It Works. C&L designed their Gen 2 Monster Catch Can to pull the oils and contaminants from the crankcase exhaust gases before allowing it to re-enter the intake system. This is achieved by a combination of centrifugal force, thermal condensation and filtration. As the crankcase exhaust gas enters the Catch Can it is forced against the walls of the container using centrifugal force to separate the oil from the air. By way of thermal condensation the contaminated oil sticks to the walls and collects at the bottom of the can. Before the exhaust gas exits the Catch Can it passes through a stainless steel coalescing filter to further remove harmful contaminants from the air.

    Ease of Use. For simple maintenance C&L designed their Gen 2 Monster Catch Can with a release knob on top of the can. This means you can easily drain the waste oil without having to reach into a tight and dirty engine bay. Not only did C&L add this easy to use top mounted release valve, but they also added a fluid level indicator window allowing you to see when your Catch Can needs to be emptied.

    Installation. C&L engineered their Catch Can to be installed in under two hours with just hand tools. This kit comes complete and includes PCV lines, quick-disconnect fittings and mounting brackets that allow for a simple installation. All the necessary parts are included.

    Application. This C&L Gen 2 Monster Oil Catch Can is designed for use on all 1999-2024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 models.

    Proven Ground

    CA Residents: WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

    Installation & What's in the Box

    Installation Info

    What's in the Box

    • Catch Can
    • Large Bracket
    • Small Bracket
    • Large Length of Hose
    • Small Length of Hose
    • (6) Fittings
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