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DIY Catch Can Drain

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This is for the owners looking for a cheap way to drain off the oem catch can that is installed between the airbox and the turbo inlet. The oem system has a small can that fills up, but once it gets full it gets sucked into the inlet tract negating it's benefits. My project installs a 1/4' petcock that the owner can easily open and drain off the contents.

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As seen the outlet of the catch can dumps into the inlet of the turbo.
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Parts needed. A piece of 1/4" aluminum, 1/4" NPT tap, petcock and epoxy. Shape the aluminum to fit the lowest point of the chamber, drill a 7/16" hole in the aluminum and tap the hole carefully, checking fit. It's easy to make the hole too big cutting tapered threads. line up the finished aluminum stock and drill a matching hole through the plastic. lightly sand off the area of the plastic so the epoxy will grab better, then apply epoxy all the way around the holes making sure there will be no leaks. Once dried thread the petcock in place (teflon plumbers tape on threads) and carefully tighten in place, your probably going to want to securely hold the aluminum stock while tightening so you don't rip it off.
When completed it should look similiar to this.

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Installed!

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