Pajero Sport Catch Can Quandary

[redbruce]

Hey, can I ask, can you hear the catch can inside the car? I had a Provent 200 once and it was noisey as.

Cheers

Due to the way they operate should make no noise unless something wrong. The relief valve only operates when filter is restricted and otherwise can only be rattle from instalation issues.

[JohnFromPerth]

I have a Mann Provent 200 Filter (Kit No OS-Prov-14 ) from Western Filters. Easy to install with good documentation. Takes less than an hour.

If you allow the system to get over full of waste oil (like you don't drain it every few months) you may hear the relief valve making a snorting noise.

I regularly drain my system about every three months and get about one quarter of a cup of oil out of it. This of course will vary depending on engine run time.
The fact that this gunk is not going back into the inlet manifold and turbo gives me some comfort.

They say you should replace the gauze filter every 75,000km. Meanwhile, if mine looks too gunky I give it a wash in kerosine , let it dry and return it to the canister.

[redbruce]

They say you should replace the gauze filter every 75,000km. Meanwhile, if mine looks too gunky I give it a wash in kerosine , let it dry and return it to the canister.

Every 40,000. Washing removes the oil residue and an increasingly smaller quantity of carbon residue each time but might drag out replacement frequency.

https://directionplus.com.au/frequently-asked-questions/

[JohnFromPerth]

Quite right Redbruce. I had confused the change time with a note that mine needed changing when the vehicle had done 75,000km.

[Xl76]

Hello John
I have fitter a Western filters kit in my PS back in 2016 ,from new .and it has had 2 new filters and colected over 2 liters of oil in 150k I am quite happy that the engine didn't burn any of this .I had a old snake camera given to me and ran it through the intake manifold and to be honest there was very little build up on the intake or egr port ,even scraping the intake with the camera showed it to be almost soot free ,gotta be happy with that.

[JohnFromPerth]

Agree X176.

Oil and soot from the exhaust gas recirculation are not a good mix to put back through the inlet manifold.

BTW where in Perth do you get your vehicle serviced? My local dealer service is a waste of time and money, so looking for someone competent.

Cheers
John

[Jasonmc73]

Agree X176.

Oil and soot from the exhaust gas recirculation are not a good mix to put back through the inlet manifold.

BTW where in Perth do you get your vehicle serviced? My local dealer service is a waste of time and money, so looking for someone competent.

Cheers
John

I don't live in Perth but

Mr Pajero/ Rudi Zabeo is based in W.A & there is another bloke Name is Drago.

I only see good feed back about both of these fellows depending on your location in relation to their outfits

Look up on Facebook you will find both for contact

Drago's Automotive services

Rudi Zabeo AKA Mr Pajero

Someone may be able to chime in.

[JohnFromPerth]

Thanks Jason
Both look good.
Will check them out.
Cheers
John

[Xl76]

Hey John
I have started to service the car myself .I buy the oil when on sale and get a service kit from Western filters .Oil change,prop shaft grease,oil filter, cabin filer,fuel filter and brake clean and service takes about 4 hours .

[JohnFromPerth]

Hi X176
Have been servicing various cars for years, but feeling my age crawling under them now so went back to the dealer for service. Big disappointment. Boxes ticked on invoice but work not done. Charged for filters not replaced.(marked the old ones) Even had engine filled with wrong oil according to invoice. Maybe a typo but insisted on a drain and refill as could have damaged the particle filter if not a low ash oil.

One thing I have not worked out when servicing myself, there is an 'oil quality counter' which has to be reset when oil is changed. I think it counts the engine run time between oil changes and somehow equates that to oil quality. Not to be confused with the 'time to next service display' that is easily reset via the steering wheel buttons. Maybe the oil quality counter needs to be reset with an OBD scan tool?

Cheers
John