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On 12 May 2004 at 10:37, timothy kuehn wrote: > Err, cap gasket? Mine must be gone - is this just a flattened rubber o-ring > that fits up inside the cap? There should be a cork ring in there. > Also - since we've been on the topic of breathers recently... I have the > kind with 2 caps on top, and one vent coming out the bottom, right hand > side. The vent's currently not hooked up to anything. My dipstick tube is > the one-pipe kind, just comes straight out the sump and angles upward... I > have another dipstick tube, though, with a second pipe sticking up out of it > - seems like it could connect (with a short bit of hose, 'course) straight > up to my breather stand vent. Should I swap dipstick tubes? If I did, and > my breather stand was venting down into the back side of the sump, what > would I be accomplishing? You have the right dipstick tube. Leave it that way. FIrst you need to fix your dipstick cap gasket. Either get a new gasket, or find a whole "new" dipstick (I have them) that has a good gasket. This will seal that crankcase opening. Then look under the RHS of the intake air distributor, just below and in front (front is front) of the cold start valve. You should see a metal pipe facing rearwards. There should be a hose connecting your plastic breather vent nipple to that pipe. There should also be a hose coming up from each rocker box to the 2 nipples on the RHS of the air cleaner. It's just barely possible that you're hearing the noise from air being sucked into that metal pipe. This is a good system and is correct for your '72. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org