Raptor Air Oil Catch Can

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Dv8tor

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Agreed with MTF. Remote start it and let her warm up. Maybe changing the oil in the next 1000 miles would be a good idea? Everyone's has their personal preference, but I'd use Amsoil or at least Mobile 1. At least you are using Synthetic so that's a good thing. I have no idea what Ford Motorcraft Oil is relabeled as. Best to use brand name products if you want to protect your baby. If it's about price, then all I have to say is good stuff ain't cheap and cheap stuff ain't good.
 

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Motorcraft is good oil and the 5W20 is semi-synthetic. I run oil analysis on each oil change and have seen pretty good results even running hard. If you want to run longer oil drains, then the fully synthetics can be a good chose. On the Raptor I run 3500 to 5000 miles. Have went longer, but I choose to do this as I am inspecting the oil for the start of any internal damage that could catch early. I believe ConocoPhillips still makes the oil for them.
 

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Remote starting it and letting it run for 10 minutes isn't going to do much good for burning out condensation, that 10 minutes of idling is probably equivalent to 3-4 minutes of driving. A nice long trip will burn it out. Nothing to really worry too much about, it's normal.


Anyway just to update, I got a JLT oil separator at Carlisle back in the summer. It fits perfect, it's very discrete, no extra hoses and lines draped across the engine bay. There's no need for a bracket with the OEM hard lines clipped in, and the separator has a rubber bottom and the bottom rests on a part of the engine (padded by the rubber so no concerns with vibration or wearing anything), and the bottom unscrews as a nice cup to drain the oil out of, rather than needing to stick something underneath a separator to catch it running out in the engine bay. Had it on for about 4k miles last oil change and got about a teaspoon of oil out. DIdn't expect a whole lot being N/A, and I don't drive ti that aggressively, but it's enough that over time, a teaspoon ever few thousand miles would add up to a lot of gunk over the years!
 

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I am getting a ton of water in mine now with this cold weather. I have tried even letting it warm up in morning because I only drive 15 to 20 minutes to work. If I don't empty them out every week or so they will freeze solid with the water. Going to watch it at the upcoming SnoBall event. Just surprised how much water I am getting. Mostly on the drivers side, but still get a bit on passenger side.
 

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Interesting, I'll have to look into getting one. What brand are y'all using? And what's the cost? How easy is the install?

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To those noticing the water I had a catch can in a previous vehicle which froze causing back pressure in the crank case. Made a nice mess when oil started spewing out the dip stick. Not worth it.
 

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To those noticing the water I had a catch can in a previous vehicle which froze causing back pressure in the crank case. Made a nice mess when oil started spewing out the dip stick. Not worth it.

Last year at the Snoball event I had that happen for the first time, but I did not have these on yet. It would not blow the dispstick out I think becuase of the o-rings on it, mine started pushing some oil out from the passenger side valve cover and smoking on the header. It would do this just idling. Now my truck is not stock, it has a Procharger and this is partly because of an issue with their breather design. So I am happy I have these, but will have to keep the water drained.
 

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To those noticing the water I had a catch can in a previous vehicle which froze causing back pressure in the crank case. Made a nice mess when oil started spewing out the dip stick. Not worth it.

Well you have to buy the right one and be smart enough to turn the valve when you change the oil (or sooner) to empty it. I agree for the challenged it is not a good idea..

I use the ones from RX they are the best imho. Do not get one made of steel---there all kinds of them offered some are crap. Be advised...

Here is mine....
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