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Re: oil filler cap: to vent or not to vent

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Subject: Re: oil filler cap: to vent or not to vent
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 07:55:57 -0500
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Reply-to: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
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Jeff -

Unvented cap, definitely.  Having a vented cap would defeat one purpose
of the PCV system, which is to keep the inside of the crankcase at a
touch less than atmospheric pressure.

Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net

Jeff Boatright wrote:
> 
> Spridgeteers,
> 
> The 1275 in my Mk3 Sprite came with a vented oil filler cap and no
> PCV system (i.e., no tube from the front separator/breather on the
> timing chain cover, no valve sitting on top of the intake manifold).
> I've now added a cobbled PVC system and was wondering if I need to
> switch to a non-vented oil filler cap. That is, what did the 1275
> egnines with PVC valves connected to the middle of the intake
> manifold have: vented or unvented caps?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Jeff
> Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
> http://www.molvis.org/molvis
> "Seeing the Future in a Very Tiny Way"

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