[Fot] topic change up - venting

[JAMES GRAY]

You could do what the drag race guys do and seal the system up and pull a vacuum on the crankcase.

Pumps are made for just that purpose. It would get you by until you decide to pull the motor

jim g

>     On March 12, 2018 at 8:43 PM Scott Janzen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>     I didn’t say I wanted to race it, but since the club I race with, Vintage Racer Group, just decided cars up through 1989 are vintage and eligible (yeesh, frown), it should fit right in!
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>     Brian, I would say venting might help, but only if it’s a small leak.  If you’ve got a anything more than a drop or two when the the car is stationary and running, you’re going to have more when you’re braking, the oil sloshes up there  and it’s hot and at higher revs.
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>     On Mar 12, 2018, at 7:14 PM, Brian Schirano via Fot <fot at autox.team.net mailto:fot at autox.team.net > wrote:
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>     Hi Friends
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>     Sorry about stirring the pot on vintage over Scott's post on the TR4 on BAT, pretty nice car though I thought, competing in my dreams for the Volvo 544 with the V8
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>     Anywise - thinking about the oil leak coming from the front of the pan on the GT and the high probability it's the sealing block.  That said, it seems that if I alleviate the air pressure build up in the engine I might minimize it until I actually have another reason to pull the engine.
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>     Has anyone ever put a PCV on the vent coming off the valve cover and hooked it to the intake manifold? worked in the old days.
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>     Any thoughts and comments are welcome.
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>     Thanks
>     Brian
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