I love that the JLT catch can is made of billet Aluminum, but the fittings that attach the can to the hoses suck. The plastic gets brittle with heat and time. The first time it broke I was at home, so I just threw on the stock piece. JlT sent me a new fitting, and I replaced it with no issue. At the time I told myself that I should replace the plastic barbed fittings with brass. Well.... Here I am trying to get to work this morning, stuck in a parking lot with two broken (passenger side) JLT fittings. Driver side is ok, because its supported by the valve cover. Te passenger side just hangs there with the weight of the can on the hoses and fittings.
I had opened the hood because my vacuum/boost gauge was reading low (cracked rubber fitting), and I noticed the JLT looked strange. Barely touched it (1 finger), and it fell away from the hoses. I just rigged it using electrical tape ad silicon from the store here,so I should be ok for a bit.
If you plan on getting the JLT oil catch can (which is a great piece), change out the fittings to brass. This is what I will be doing as soon as I can... Basically I just wrapped the crap out of it with electrical tape, and put some silicone on the broken pieces.
On a side note, the Steeda ones look awesome. Wish I had the dough to switch over to Steeda units.
UPDATE: Jay from JLT will be sending me 2 Aluminum fittings to repair this issue.
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By sikryd at 2012-03-19
I had opened the hood because my vacuum/boost gauge was reading low (cracked rubber fitting), and I noticed the JLT looked strange. Barely touched it (1 finger), and it fell away from the hoses. I just rigged it using electrical tape ad silicon from the store here,so I should be ok for a bit.
If you plan on getting the JLT oil catch can (which is a great piece), change out the fittings to brass. This is what I will be doing as soon as I can... Basically I just wrapped the crap out of it with electrical tape, and put some silicone on the broken pieces.
On a side note, the Steeda ones look awesome. Wish I had the dough to switch over to Steeda units.
UPDATE: Jay from JLT will be sending me 2 Aluminum fittings to repair this issue.
Image added...
By sikryd at 2012-03-19
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