Toby,
it is the early sysetm that has the valve and the later system that has
the valve built into the carb. If you have the carbs with these fittings,
use them. If you don't, you need the valve.
Ulix
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Toby Atwater wrote:
> All this PCV valve stuff is coming at the correct time as always with the
> list...I also hear that the PCV system is especially important with our
> engines...
>
> but I still have a few questions...
>
> 1st off let me tell you I found my "oil separator" connected to nothing...
> so I was basically running without a PCV system...
> so I have a PCV valve & new diaphragm that came with the parts for the car
> and Im going to hook it up... according to various manuals... it hooks up at
> the intake manifold... but earlier systems hooked up in a "Y" formation
> in-between the carbs with out the valve... Is there any advantage in hooking
> it up one way or the other? I imagine there is less vacuum between the carbs
> than at the manifold...
>
> other than that... I discovered the disconnected PCV system when I was
> pulling my radiator. lets just say that the radiator wasn't mounted very
> good, and it already had a gash in it, and the fan had a missing blade. for
> some reason I didn't put 2 and 2 together... and well... I hit a speed bump
> going a little fast a few days ago... and the other 4 blades decided to have
> the radiator for breakfast... $20 later... my radiator looks brand new.
> however I didn't appreciate the $39 new fan from M**S. C'est la vie...
>
> Thanks again...
> Toby Atwater, Santa Barbara, CA, tob@taltec.net
> 1969 Austin Healey Sprite, mk 4
> 1971 FJ-40 Toyota Land Cruiser
>
>
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