Ron,
isn't the valve cover usually the INLET for the carankcase ventilation?
Where is air entering your crancase? A vented oil cap?
Ulix
On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Ron Soave wrote:
> > For those of us who only 'kinda' paid attention to the other posts, would
> you
> > mid sharing in some detail how you hooked this up to your 1275?
>
> Personally, I routed two hoses, one from the valve cover spigot and one
> from the timing cover into a "Y" fitting. The "y" is then routed into the
> valve, which I am using inline in heater hose (it is not an inline valve,
> I'm just using it that way, it has pipe thread on one end, and a hose bead
> on the other, 1/4 inch or 3/8 if memory serves, and it'll have to serve
> since I'm too lazy to walk 9 feet to the garage). From the PCV valve, it's
> more heater hose into a 1/4" pipe-to-hose adapter fitting (90 angle) into
> the intake of my Cannon manifold (no hole provided on the intake, just a
> flat; drill and tap it yourself). I did it this way for max PCV, and
> routed it for esthetics. It is very low profile, and I wire brushed and
> clearcoted all the fittings to give a polished look. Actually on my car, I
> was pulling a bit too much vacuum with this valve on throttle lift, and was
> seeing puffs of smoke, never on power or under load, just at "vacuum"
> situations. I feared it was guides (although they are new), but jetting
> down the PCV with orifices has worked well.
>
Ulix __/__,__
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