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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Michael,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You have found the needle in the haystack. Would you mind sharing the part number of the Toyota PCV valve.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Harold<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com">Michael Salter</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, March 22, 2022 9:57 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net">Harold Manifold</a>; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] PCV installation BJ8</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>That particular PCV valve was selected because that is it's orientation in its OEM use and it is spring closed.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>M</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue., Mar. 22, 2022, 12:51 p.m. Harold Manifold, <<a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net">manifold@telus.net</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Michael,</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Nice job done on the PCV system. I have been trying different configurations as well and agree finding the right PCV valve is important. Is the Toyota PCV you used gravity to close (i.e. should be mounted vertically) or spring to close so it will work in all orientations. Most of the PCV valves I have come across should be mounted vertically and mine would be horizontal.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks,</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Harold</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">Michael Salter via Healeys</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, March 22, 2022 9:28 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">Bob Spidell</a>; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] PCV installation BJ8</p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Well the system that I installed on my BN1 using a Toyota Pathfinder valve was somewhat effective but certainly not perfect. Not easy to see in the attached pic.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I found that at normal cruise the ccp ranged between +2" and -3".</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Lifting off the throttle momentarily would establish the -3" pressure which would hold until the engine was taken back to idle. After that the pressure would fluctuate as one accelerated through the gears then establish at around 0 in at steady speed until the throttle was closed, then back to -3".</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I'm fairly sure that these figures are a consequence of the type of PCV valve used but it is impossible to get specific information about various valves.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>M</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Tue., Mar. 22, 2022, 12:00 p.m. Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hmmmmm ... looks like the hard plastic tube you get with oil suction pumps. So, what does it reveal?<br>bs</p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On 3/22/2022 8:52 AM, Michael Salter wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>It's actually quite easy to test on the highway. </p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I made this very basic manometer and plugged the end of the tube into the dipstick hole. </p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Drive around with a passenger watching the displacement of the water in the tube ... very revealing.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>M</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Tue., Mar. 22, 2022, 11:15 a.m. Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I started with the BCS kit, so I have the sealing washer on the dipstick, and I put a screw in the hole in the oil filler cap (I didn't think solder would stick on the oily cap, and I wanted 'reversible' at the time). At idle, you can feel a vacuum if you put the palm of your hand over the oil filler hole (haven't tried it on the highway).</p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On 3/21/2022 10:43 PM, i erbs wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Did you do anything else? Just ran the pvc to the manifold? That's it? What about the hole in the oil cap? I have a bj8 manifold on my bt7 engine. I get a lot of blowby into my rear air filter. Had Rocker arm checked...all good.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Ira Erbs<br>1959 AH 100-6<br>1967 MGB<br>Milwaukie, Or</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 5:31 PM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Here's how my mechanic did it. Best to balance both carbs, but using the <br>unused port on the manifold works OK too. I ran that way for many <br>years; the thread is some sort of Brit thread, I drilled and tapped it <br>for an American one.<br><br>On 3/21/2022 10:51 AM, Michael DiVito via Healeys wrote:<br>> Planning to install a PCV on my BJ8 and having trouble finding the right hardware to connect to the manifold. The plug in the manifold where I will connect the PCV is 3/8” with a fine thread pattern. Does anyone know where I might purchase a suitable connector which has the correct 3/8” threaded end for the manifold connection and a 1/2” barbed end for connection to the PCV? Also if anyone has already done a PCV install advice appreciated.<br>><br>> Michael P. DiVito</p></blockquote></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys">http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com</a></p></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.8pt'> </p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:4.8pt'> </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>