Cleaning (or not?) crankcase breather filter on Detroit DD15

I've often wondered if the crankcase breather filter can be removed, cleaned, and re installed on a Detroit DD13, DD15, DD16. I'm gonna take one apart and find out.

[@trobinson3rd]

Excellent video I was wondering the same thing

[@DONTCALLMETHAT]

I cleaned mine once before and it worked until recently. When I cleaned mine I had only limited tools. I'm gonna soak mine in diesel while I'm home.
Also mine is from an 08 Western star
With Detroit 60 series 14L

[@virtualrelaxing5155]

Great video sir!
Of course Freightliner will not make it reusable 😂😂😊

[@spencerwillis7578]

Appreciate it... Guess I'll go ahead and pay the money 😩

[@johac7637]

I have cleaned them with old fashioned stinky "oven clearer" the original, corrosive stuff, I wash it with solvent, diesel, even gasoline, then pour the oven cleaner in, plug the hole and shake it, depending on how dirty it is, 2-3 times, then rinse with hot water til clean, I've tried every snake oil, Seafoam included, hot, cold, nothing cuts the residues of blowby, oil gum like oven cleaner.
Word of caution, don't leave it soaking for hours, it will etch the aluminum.,
I've boiled stuff in a big slow cooker with TSP, original nasty stuff, it's almost like the old outlawed hot tanks for effectiveness.

[@BrackishMongrel]

Interesting. Good to know. Thanks!

[@steveerpelding6415]

Just changed one on a 2016. $400.00 but I got a $100.00 core charge back. So It was $300.00.

[@oraliaornelas5742]

Well they do charge a core.

[@BrackishMongrel]

Not in my experience they haven't

[@DONTCALLMETHAT]

Point me to where I can pay 400$ for one. Mine is purging oil

[@BrackishMongrel]

I bought mine directly from Freightliner. But before you do that, there was someone who commented that he's had success using oven cleaner. I never thought of that, so it may be worth a try.

[@semperfi283]

What's the code? Always give you the codes.... Thanks