Copper wool as catch can baffling

DROPthatCLUTCH · 07-16-2012, 10:00 PM

Got my catch cans today. The square ebay ones that can open at the top and bottom. I know people have used SS wool, but can I use copper wool also without worrying about corrosion?

007jimmy · 07-16-2012, 10:48 PM

copper tarnishes and corrodes.. i wouldnt use it in mine. i found ss pads that were like a sock unrolled at walmart. it was supper easy to put in compaired to the first one i did that was the pads that rip apart. they are large but i still got 1.5 of them in the second can i installed between the vc and intake manifold.

Calan · 07-16-2012, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DROPthatCLUTCH

Got my catch cans today. The square ebay ones that can open at the top and bottom. I know people have used SS wool, but can I use copper wool also without worrying about corrosion?

If you are running the cans the correct way (with suction applied to one side), I wouldn't use anything like that...unless you like replacing turbos or getting strands of that stuff in your engine.

DROPthatCLUTCH · 07-17-2012, 05:43 AM

Ya I'm running them correctly. So you wouldn't use ss wool either?

Calan · 07-17-2012, 06:25 AM

I wouldn't personally.

DROPthatCLUTCH · 07-17-2012, 06:17 PM

You would run it empty?

mchustle · 07-17-2012, 06:22 PM

Since calan makes the best dsm catch can, I would say he wouldnt run them at all.

lol

DROPthatCLUTCH · 07-17-2012, 06:29 PM

I was waiting for someone to say that lol. I remember seeing a thread from a while back where a guy was using this same can, and I can't find it now. Anyone know?

Calan · 07-18-2012, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by mchustle

Since calan makes the best dsm catch can, I would say he wouldnt run them at all.

lol

Thanks, and you would be correct.