[BOUNCE spridgets@Autox.Team.Net: Non-member submission from
[ric_bergstrom@juno.com (Richard L. Bergstrom)]]
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 17:49:19 -0500
From: ric_bergstrom@juno.com (Richard L. Bergstrom)
Subject: Re: breather tubes question
>> A hose from the intake through a PCV valve to either the timing
>> cover, valve cover or clutch cover will draw any crankcase pressure
>> out of the engine. With out it oil usually blows out of the rear of
>> the engine and onto the clutch.
P.O. of my car put on a belt drive cam and finned valve cover...no vent
in either.
1275 leaked like a seive!!
Clutch is definitely weird now because of it.
I carefully opened up the valve cover cap, took out the mesh inside,
made a slot all the way around the valve cover cap, reinstalled the wire
mesh, and no more leaks!
I still feel I need a vent for the lower crank case..but that will have
to wait. Then I'll drill and tap the area that is used for the
mechanical fuel pump and install a vent to a catch can and filter. I'll
probably do the same on the valve cover at that time.
Anybody have a way to create a negative cranckcase pressure without
dumping into the intake manifold?
Ric Bergstrom
Richmond, VA
|