Installed this into my 2024. It definitely collected some liquid, which otherwise would have gone into the intake. I drain it every 5000 miles when i do the oil changes. No problems.
I see this is 2 years old but here is my 3 cents for any new people. My wrangler has the same type of injection. I now have 100550 miles on it and have never added anything aftermarket in the engine bay. When I went to do the spark plugs at 100k I had to remove the upper intake. I used a borescope to look into the engine ports and spark plug holes. All the valves and pistons were fine. They did not look like they had 100k on them at all. The bores still had like new cross hatching. I run Techron in the tank at every oil change and use a top quality synthetic from valvoline called restore and protect. Now I did notice a lot of oil in the upper intake, and in the throttle body. Showed pictures to the techs at the dealer and they said its normal to have it there.
@@LivingFreeInAWrangler I believe the Pentastar 3.6 doesn't have direct injection, so you wouldn't have carbon buildup on the valves. I could be wrong but that's what I thought and confirmed with some googling.
@@frontier_etc You may be right, I think I remember the injectors being in the intake. I was thinking people complained about the carbon buildup in the 3.6 from the oil consumption
This motor is good for 250,000 miles. What vehicles have direct injection engines? Other manufacturers offering or planning to offer GDI engines include Audi, BMW, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Lexus, Saab, Subaru and Volkswagen.Dec 2, 2009
It remains to be seen if this new VQ38DD will be reliable in the long run. Direct injection technology has improved over the years, and apparently someone said that a Nissan engineer insists that this DI engine has measures in place to combat carbon buildup. We'll see
My Jetta got di and I got 220k I’ve hit a frozen deer spit out by an 18 wheeler shot the car up in the air hit curbs hit a tree that motors bulletproof 1.8 2016 Jetta sport the door latches suck other that that that cars bullet proof 5 speed standard original clutch things just tough
this doesn't affect warranty at all unless this caused something to fail. If your power windows stop working this had nothing to do with it. With that said, it also depends on the dealer and how much of a hard time they want to give you
@@frontier_etc The dealer has to put a claim into Nissan to get paid for warranty work. If Nissan Corp rejects the claim then the customer pays. If the catch can causes a builded up in crankcase pressure because it freezes or becomes clogged and a seal fails then Nissan Corp isn't going fo cover the repair cost.
@@DRobertsonKenora agreed. However, a catch can isn't going to just completely void your entire vehicle's warranty. So if you have a problem with your radio, or suspension, or doors, etc., then the catch can wouldn't affect any of that for warranty purposes.
Just remove the catch can before you take the car to the car dealer. Put everything back the way it was before installing the catch can. Your warranty can be used no problem..
@Yes Man okay thanks because I was watching J&L oil catch can video for the frontier and they reused existing hose coming from the pcv valve so they had a connector from their new inlet hose connected to the existing one but seems like with this universal kit I don't need anything.
@Yes Man so you did not use any existing hose and just reuse the factory clamps? BTW How's the catch can so far? I've had my frontier for a year now and putting this won't hurt since I do my own oil changes.
@@D41Pat yes. The factory hose has been removed and is not reused with this installation. It is molded into a shape similar to a question mark and wouldn't work properly if you install the catch can where I did. The kit comes with 2 hose clamps and then I reused the 2 factory ones as well. I quickly checked the catch can again today at about 3,000 miles since installation, using only the dipstick, and it looks like it has just started to reach the bottom tip of the stick. I'll be making another video soon when I'm up for an oil change.
@@Commentleaver-c6x I've read that Nissan engineers have said the carbon buildup isn't a concern with the 3.8, but again I figured it's cheap insurance to go with a catch can in this price range. A $200 catch can? No way
@@douglasdever6134 no actually it would have come with a factory air box. You obviously don't know what I mean by air intake. Go look up what a cold air intake is before commenting again!!!
It will depend on the dealer that you go to, there's a chance that if you have an engine problem, they may try to blame it on the catch can. However, if you have a blown shock, there's no way they can blame it on the catch can
They could try....however, with the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act in the USA, they need to prove WHY it caused a failure. The catch can is just catching oil in the PCV system. Not much science to it. The PCV (positive crankcase ventilation) system still remains intact. Only thing is oil in the system is diverted by the can so it never enters the intake manifold to possibly be sprayed on your intake valves.
@@nodnarbz_1327 appreciate the link to the update video. yeah I do think it works. How much? Who knows. Maybe it will delay a walnut blasting from 100,000 miles to 120,000 miles, or not. Only time will tell, but I'll keep monitoring it
@@homeaudiobasics this doesn't affect warranty at all unless this caused something to fail. If your power windows stop working this had nothing to do with it. With that said, it also depends on the dealer and how much of a hard time they want to give you
The normal fuel injection he is talking about is port fuel injection (sprayed in intake port). alot of manufacturers are going to direct fuel injection for fuel economy, this is done by gas being subjected to high pressure then sprayed threw an injection nozzles directly into cylinder resulting in better atomization and fuel burn, resulting in lower emissions and higher full mileage, The one draw back this has is carbon buildup around valves ,because with port fuel injection the detergents in the fuel help keep valves and intake ports cleaner, adding a oil catch can to a direct injected engine can help reduce this buildup, but wont eliminate it.
After buying a vehicle that had this nonsense added to it.. I had to replace lower oil pan gasket.. valve cover gasket and spark plug tubes.. if that can gets filled and it adds resistance to airflow back into the intake..it pressurizes the lower crank case. Not going to put this nonsense on my engine on my other vehicles
Good grief, just buy a well designed can and empty it regularly and it will never be a problem. However, carbon deposits can become a major long term problem with direct injection engines.
This. People don’t think about how an aftermarket part like this affects a tightly engineered engine. I have a VQ38DD and after weeks of mind-numbing research I came to the conclusion that a catch can is too big a risk. A change in engine pressurization could have adverse effects far worse than gunk on the back of the valves. No thanks.
If anybody is wondering why the 2023 and older Tacomas cost so much more, this is why. GDI engines are ticking timebombs. With the Tacomas, you won;t have this carbon build-up problem, and the costly repair bills that come along with it. 2024 and newer Tacomas? I'm not so confident about those since they started putting turbos in them.
Ticking time bomb because of direct fuel injection? Nissan's 4.0 265hp engine used the previous generation Frontier and Xtera for some 15 years was also a direct injection engine. That engine was/is bulletproof. Mine had a 160K miles on it and ran like new before I traded it on a 2024 Frontier.
The newer tacomas 3.5L that’s in 2016 an to 2023 Tacomas are GDI but from up I heard the 3.5L Tacomas are GDI but it also has port injection as well to help clean off the valves witch is what causes the sound of the Tacoma tick
Installed this into my 2024. It definitely collected some liquid, which otherwise would have gone into the intake. I drain it every 5000 miles when i do the oil changes. No problems.
same here!
I see this is 2 years old but here is my 3 cents for any new people. My wrangler has the same type of injection. I now have 100550 miles on it and have never added anything aftermarket in the engine bay. When I went to do the spark plugs at 100k I had to remove the upper intake. I used a borescope to look into the engine ports and spark plug holes. All the valves and pistons were fine. They did not look like they had 100k on them at all. The bores still had like new cross hatching. I run Techron in the tank at every oil change and use a top quality synthetic from valvoline called restore and protect. Now I did notice a lot of oil in the upper intake, and in the throttle body. Showed pictures to the techs at the dealer and they said its normal to have it there.
@@LivingFreeInAWrangler do you have the Pentastar V6?
Yes. It's the 2018 revision. Very reliable
@@LivingFreeInAWrangler I believe the Pentastar 3.6 doesn't have direct injection, so you wouldn't have carbon buildup on the valves. I could be wrong but that's what I thought and confirmed with some googling.
@@frontier_etc You may be right, I think I remember the injectors being in the intake. I was thinking people complained about the carbon buildup in the 3.6 from the oil consumption
This motor is good for 250,000 miles. What vehicles have direct injection engines?
Other manufacturers offering or planning to offer GDI engines include Audi, BMW, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Lexus, Saab, Subaru and Volkswagen.Dec 2, 2009
It remains to be seen if this new VQ38DD will be reliable in the long run. Direct injection technology has improved over the years, and apparently someone said that a Nissan engineer insists that this DI engine has measures in place to combat carbon buildup. We'll see
Are you asking or telling?
Be easier to state who does not offer a DI engine. My2016 GMC had DI
My Jetta got di and I got 220k I’ve hit a frozen deer spit out by an 18 wheeler shot the car up in the air hit curbs hit a tree that motors bulletproof 1.8 2016 Jetta sport the door latches suck other that that that cars bullet proof 5 speed standard original clutch things just tough
So, the hose on the left, does that connect back to the hose you took off, the factory hose? Thx!
@@houston471 yes, each hose that comes out of the catch can will connect to one of the spots that the original hose connected to
hey how is your frontier? how many miles already? had any issues ?
@@thelonglastexpert up to 44,000 miles so far and still no mechanical issues. Will definitely do another video if something pops up
@@frontier_etc thanks!
Nice install job, hope it helps.
@@yardboy3955 appreciate it!
I got my electric Prius and already put the catch can
But I live in California!! And my frontier is brand new, is the can going to void warranty?
this doesn't affect warranty at all unless this caused something to fail. If your power windows stop working this had nothing to do with it. With that said, it also depends on the dealer and how much of a hard time they want to give you
@@frontier_etc The dealer has to put a claim into Nissan to get paid for warranty work. If Nissan Corp rejects the claim then the customer pays. If the catch can causes a builded up in crankcase pressure because it freezes or becomes clogged and a seal fails then Nissan Corp isn't going fo cover the repair cost.
@@DRobertsonKenora agreed. However, a catch can isn't going to just completely void your entire vehicle's warranty. So if you have a problem with your radio, or suspension, or doors, etc., then the catch can wouldn't affect any of that for warranty purposes.
@@frontier_etc Warranty wise will just effect the most expensive component in the truck.
Just remove the catch can before you take the car to the car dealer. Put everything back the way it was before installing the catch can. Your warranty can be used no problem..
Did you have to buy additional hose or fittings? J&L has a fitting on one of the end of their hose not sure about these universal ones.
Didn't need to get anything else. The hose is the right diameter and length and I just reused the existing hose clamps
@Yes Man okay thanks because I was watching J&L oil catch can video for the frontier and they reused existing hose coming from the pcv valve so they had a connector from their new inlet hose connected to the existing one but seems like with this universal kit I don't need anything.
@@D41Pat exactly. With this kit, you get enough hose to cut into two pieces to use on both the inlet and outlet parts of the catch can.
@Yes Man so you did not use any existing hose and just reuse the factory clamps? BTW How's the catch can so far? I've had my frontier for a year now and putting this won't hurt since I do my own oil changes.
@@D41Pat yes. The factory hose has been removed and is not reused with this installation. It is molded into a shape similar to a question mark and wouldn't work properly if you install the catch can where I did. The kit comes with 2 hose clamps and then I reused the 2 factory ones as well. I quickly checked the catch can again today at about 3,000 miles since installation, using only the dipstick, and it looks like it has just started to reach the bottom tip of the stick. I'll be making another video soon when I'm up for an oil change.
The engineers for these engines say there’s no need for the catch cans.
@@Commentleaver-c6x I've read that Nissan engineers have said the carbon buildup isn't a concern with the 3.8, but again I figured it's cheap insurance to go with a catch can in this price range. A $200 catch can? No way
You ran your lines just like I did. Looks great. Are you going to get a air intake for it??
No, not interested in getting a cold air intake. Not much gain unless you also get a tune.
In came with an "air intake." DUH!
@@douglasdever6134 no actually it would have come with a factory air box. You obviously don't know what I mean by air intake. Go look up what a cold air intake is before commenting again!!!
will this affect warranty on new truck
It will depend on the dealer that you go to, there's a chance that if you have an engine problem, they may try to blame it on the catch can. However, if you have a blown shock, there's no way they can blame it on the catch can
They could try....however, with the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act in the USA, they need to prove WHY it caused a failure. The catch can is just catching oil in the PCV system. Not much science to it. The PCV (positive crankcase ventilation) system still remains intact. Only thing is oil in the system is diverted by the can so it never enters the intake manifold to possibly be sprayed on your intake valves.
Trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.
That's certainly possible
I guess its doing something
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@@nodnarbz_1327 appreciate the link to the update video. yeah I do think it works. How much? Who knows. Maybe it will delay a walnut blasting from 100,000 miles to 120,000 miles, or not. Only time will tell, but I'll keep monitoring it
Did your dealer say anything about if this impacts your warranty at all?
@@homeaudiobasics this doesn't affect warranty at all unless this caused something to fail. If your power windows stop working this had nothing to do with it. With that said, it also depends on the dealer and how much of a hard time they want to give you
The normal fuel injection he is talking about is port fuel injection (sprayed in intake port). alot of manufacturers are going to direct fuel injection for fuel economy, this is done by gas being subjected to high pressure then sprayed threw an injection nozzles directly into cylinder resulting in better atomization and fuel burn, resulting in lower emissions and higher full mileage, The one draw back this has is carbon buildup around valves ,because with port fuel injection the detergents in the fuel help keep valves and intake ports cleaner, adding a oil catch can to a direct injected engine can help reduce this buildup, but wont eliminate it.
Tacomas used direct and multiport fuel injections, thats reliability 🤷🏽♂️
After buying a vehicle that had this nonsense added to it.. I had to replace lower oil pan gasket.. valve cover gasket and spark plug tubes.. if that can gets filled and it adds resistance to airflow back into the intake..it pressurizes the lower crank case. Not going to put this nonsense on my engine on my other vehicles
Good grief, just buy a well designed can and empty it regularly and it will never be a problem. However, carbon deposits can become a major long term problem with direct injection engines.
This. People don’t think about how an aftermarket part like this affects a tightly engineered engine.
I have a VQ38DD and after weeks of mind-numbing research I came to the conclusion that a catch can is too big a risk. A change in engine pressurization could have adverse effects far worse than gunk on the back of the valves. No thanks.
These people think they know more than actual engineers 😂
If anybody is wondering why the 2023 and older Tacomas cost so much more, this is why. GDI engines are ticking timebombs. With the Tacomas, you won;t have this carbon build-up problem, and the costly repair bills that come along with it. 2024 and newer Tacomas? I'm not so confident about those since they started putting turbos in them.
Ticking time bomb because of direct fuel injection? Nissan's 4.0 265hp engine used the previous generation Frontier and Xtera for some 15 years was also a direct injection engine. That engine was/is bulletproof. Mine had a 160K miles on it and ran like new before I traded it on a 2024 Frontier.
@@nvpoolshooterOh congrats, you're the one guy 😅
@Doomzdayxx You know it all guys with Internet PhD's are geniuses that mere commoners should listen to.
@@nvpoolshooterIt's supposed to be written "know-it-all". I have also achieved my Grammar Nazi degree. 😃
The newer tacomas 3.5L that’s in 2016 an to 2023 Tacomas are GDI but from up I heard the 3.5L Tacomas are GDI but it also has port injection as well to help clean off the valves witch is what causes the sound of the Tacoma tick
Catch cans are design for older engines.
new engine are not 100% clean. It may not catch as much as the old engine but it still catches small amount of it!
Waste of money!!!!
Maybe, although this is one of the more affordable options of catch cans. I can see spending $100+ on one, but at this price, it's worth a shot
So you came here to watch a video to tell people it’s a waste of money. So you save money but waste time?