# DIY- home built oil catch can
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [March 19, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541 "2006-03-19T22:49:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/1 "2006-03-19T22:49:37Z")
[http://www.turbophile.com/technical/diy\_catch\_can.html](http://www.turbophile.com/technical/diy_catch_can.html)
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### Author:  [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/2 "2006-03-19T22:54:32Z")
ugly ass welds but function over form not bad and cheap too
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### Author:  [@woz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/woz)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/3 "2006-03-19T22:58:32Z")
> [@sprfreek](#):
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> ugly ass welds but function over form not bad and cheap too
after it was painted it dont look to bad, tho im not a fan of the color…
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### Author:  [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/4 "2006-03-19T23:02:32Z")
> [@originalsin](#):
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> after it was painted it dont look to bad, tho im not a fan of the color…
well that’s the trick if your welds are shitty, puddle enough on there to grind off then paint over 🙂
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### Author:  [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/5 "2006-03-19T23:02:42Z")
round end caps would have made it a lil easier to weld neatly
but at least for the first time on this site, mention of sloppy welds wasnt made in reference to something i made, lol
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/6 "2006-03-20T00:34:13Z")
These work wonders on saturns too. 🙂
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### Author:  [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/7 "2006-03-20T04:33:39Z")
fantastic sign me up for one since the shadow blows more oil than a kuwait fire.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/8 "2006-03-20T04:41:13Z")
im not sure i agree with the baffle placement.
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### Author:  [@woz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/woz)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/9 "2006-03-20T04:54:54Z")
> [@newman](#):
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> im not sure i agree with the baffle placement.
reasoning?
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/10 "2006-03-20T05:13:37Z")
I already make a tank similar to that.(and it looks 100% better)
Maybe I would make oil catch cans if enough people will buy them.:gotme: 🙂
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/11 "2006-03-20T06:01:03Z")
well. for his application, it isn’t too bad, because he isn’t using engine vacuum to evacuate the crankcase, but if he were, once the oil lever passed the bottom of the baffle, vacuum would act like a straw and suck the oil right up. When we baffle oil tanks at work, a high weir style with slightly perforated bottom seems to work the best. A baffle like he used should have been perforated at all points below his inlets to allow air to pass. A perforated plate typical reduces splashing because it damps the oil.
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### Author:  [@TRP951](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TRP951)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/12 "2006-03-20T07:22:06Z")
You can actually use air compressor filters from home depot just take out the filter and put some stainless steel mesh or something similar in the bottom. Though my catchcan is recirculated back into the intake system, works fine for me and many other people i know. An added thing is you can drain it with the pepcok on the bottom and see the oil in the catchcan
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/13 "2006-03-20T07:24:36Z")
> [@TRP951](#):
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> pepcok
petcock
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/14 "2006-03-22T16:11:51Z")
Would something like this work, it screws together and seals with an o-ring…
(with different holes, etc, obviously)
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/15 "2006-03-22T16:22:47Z")
Here is the assembly.
It could be polished to a mirror finish for more bling.:pimp:
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### Author:  [@AKA-FERRARI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AKA-FERRARI)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/16 "2006-03-22T16:27:38Z")
^^^^ill take 1!!
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### Author:  [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/17 "2006-03-22T21:39:05Z")
:tup:
I made one at home depot using a filter designed for pneutmatic line, brass fittings, hose, and clamps. Very inexpensive.
The actual ‘catch can’ looks like this on my setup:
this is exactly what TRP951 was referring to. You can see the oil level, and use the valve on the bottom to drain.
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### Author:  [@Slomies](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slomies)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-home-built-oil-catch-can/9541/18 "2006-04-27T17:52:54Z")
now what’s the difference between making one at the top of the thread, home depot style, or getting one off ebay for about the same price? like this one …
