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On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 21:58 -0400, John Jaranson wrote: > > 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. > How is your baffle plate installed under the breather. The louvers should be down and face to the left. It will actually only fit properly, and sit down flat one way. Without this right, the cam gear will throw a lot of oil up into the breather. -- russw@classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~