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Need An Oil Breather Suggestion |
kenshapiro2002 |
Oct 10 2009, 06:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,443 Joined: 23-July 09 From: Bawlmer, MD Member No.: 10,598 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
My oil breather hose just dead ends in my cooling "well". What a decent, affordable (like $50 or less) breather box that I can just vent into the atmosphere of the engine bay, pulling off the oil and not throwing it into my engine?
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jschaible |
Nov 14 2009, 09:41 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 30-September 09 From: Clinton, NJ Member No.: 10,870 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Why is it important to have 2 vents to the rocker covers? As long as the the breather box is mounted high enough so that the oil will drain back, why not just have one pipe to the main oil fill? Vent vapors up to the box while running, and return the condensed oil later!
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VaccaRabite |
Nov 15 2009, 08:31 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,589 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Why is it important to have 2 vents to the rocker covers? As long as the the breather box is mounted high enough so that the oil will drain back, why not just have one pipe to the main oil fill? Vent vapors up to the box while running, and return the condensed oil later! What happens is the rocker area of the heads gets pressurized, sometimes enough to unseat the cover just enough to give you a leak. That area is a bitch enough to keep sealed anyway. On a standard oil pump, it may not be as much of a problem, but the factory started venting these heads for a reason.... For a HD pump, you need to do this if it was not done factory. Chris's solution is way pretty, but the EMPI box is way cheaper. Zach |
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