Re: [T3] Sophy's Invasion Shake-down Run

[John Jaranson <jaransonT3@comcast.net>]

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On Jun 22, 2006, at 9:50 PM, Keith Park wrote:

> Check and make sure your breather parts are clear and correct for your
> application,  I had a leak in the Notch engine in the rear a while 
> back that
> turned out to be a PCV valve in the late breather I was using 
> restricting
> the airflow, I gutted it and no more oil leaks (till the latest bell 
> housing
> issue)

I have Sophy's original 1966 small breather on there.  The only 
difference is that I used a late oil filler tube with the drain return 
from the breather.  I have the breather plumbed into it instead of just 
the little rubber one-way flapper valve on the end.

Maybe that is forcing all the crankcase pressure to go into the air 
cleaner since the bottom of that tube is also pressurized by the 
crankcase.  Hhhmmmmm.  That might explain why I have a leak at the soft 
joint between the down tube on the breather and the oil filler pipe 
sometimes.

What do the newer cars do that have this arrangement?  PCV valve?

Later,
John Jaranson
'66 Square (Sophy)
'70 Fasty (Jane 2 - Type 3 Lead Sled wannabe)
'71 Fasty (Jane -parts car due to rust)
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