You have to access it under the vehicle to check fluid levels of the transmission. For me that’s difficult without a lift. I have them check it at each oil change now.
Not weird at all. Current engine won’t meet 2027 EPA emissions standards.
Most of that reduction was due to outsourcing our manufacturing! You are spot on 2027 is the next round of crackdowns with 2030 basically ending most new ICE manufacturing unless they come up with some sort of miracle to address emissions.Not weird at all. Current engine won’t meet 2027 EPA emissions standards.
Same cycle that has been happening since 1970 when the EPA first started regulating tailpipe emissions.
Back in the early 70’s, the air in big cities looked like brown soup. Kid’s IQ’s were on average, 6 points lower because of leaded gas. A large percentage of non-smoking city dwellers had chronic cough from asthma like symptoms due to air pollution. Sitting in traffic would make your eyes water from exhaust fumes. People were dying at a younger age from heart disease caused by fine (pm10) inhaled hydrocarbon particulates.
I welcome these changes. We have the technology to support the stricter regulations. Air is 78% cleaner in 2025 than it was in 1970.
A catch can was never needed, as there has always been one built onto the side of the block on all 2.0 engines since 2013. People who added one don't like being told that they wasted their money and will swear that they needed it.
Didn't realize all that work was done just for emissionsNot weird at all. Current engine won’t meet 2027 EPA emissions standards.
Same cycle that has been happening since 1970 when the EPA first started regulating tailpipe emissions.
Back in the early 70’s, the air in big cities looked like brown soup. Kid’s IQ’s were on average, 6 points lower because of leaded gas. A large percentage of non-smoking city dwellers had chronic cough from asthma like symptoms due to air pollution. Sitting in traffic would make your eyes water from exhaust fumes. People were dying at a younger age from heart disease caused by fine (pm10) inhaled hydrocarbon particulates.
I welcome these changes. We have the technology to support the stricter regulations. Air is 78% cleaner in 2025 than it was in 1970.
I debated doing this when I bought my 23 ecoboost, but didn't think Ford would design an engine that needed this!I feel personally insulted
Don't you find it odd that the factory oil separator leaves enough vapor exiting through the PCV that additional aftermarket catch cans catch it so it can be drained off? It seems to me that the factory oil separator isn't perfect at trapping crankcase vapors.
Unfortunately all the manufacturers rushed out the door with GDI without considering the consequences. It has just taken some of them A LOT longer to get around to correcting it. People are like, but my truck runs fine... Give her time. Atherosclerosis takes time. She is getting plugged up. A catch can or in this case a side reservoir area in the engine only slows the effect. So now we are back to injecting fuel into that intake. But since they still insist on direct injection the particulate matter issue still exists which forces them to deploy the GPF. Port injection alone doesn't have this issue. Seems like 1 step forward 2 steps back.
An aftermarket catchcan does not trap much other than water vapour or aromatics, which are otherwise just ingested into the PCV as intended. People who claim to be catching fluids are for the most part just collecting water and some blow-by gasoline fumes when they cool further in an external can. However, there are a couple with broken rings or valveguide seals that need to have an engine rebuild, probably due to overrevving it. There are one or two who like to live at the redline that are catching something, but they just need to fix their attitude issues. They're for really loose race-only engines, not street ones. 99% of owners do not have a valid use for an additional catchcan, but they will swear that it does something fantastic after spending hard-earned money and time installing it.
That's quite a diatribe about people's driving habits. This clearly is something you're passionate about, because I've seen you comment about it many times.
