<div dir="auto">The road draft tube has an aluminium plug with an "O" ring on it pushed is and secured with a small screw from the back.<div dir="auto">Yes there has been a significant decrease in oil consumption, there is no longer a stale oil smell in the car and oil drips are now only 1 or 2 each time I stop.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue., Mar. 22, 2022, 12:32 p.m. Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    Looks like a clean install to me (I like the 'aftermarket' heat
    shield; I have one made for a 100M on the shelf if I do get around
    to installing PCV on my BN2). How did you seal up the road draft
    tube? Any noticeable effect on oil consumption/drips?).<br>
    <br>
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    <div>On 3/22/2022 9:24 AM, Michael Salter
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      <div dir="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.
        <div dir="auto">I found that at normal cruise the ccp ranged
          between +2" and -3".</div>
        <div dir="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".</div>
        <div dir="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.</div>
        <div dir="auto">M</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue., Mar. 22, 2022, 12:00
          p.m. Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>>
          wrote:<br>
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          <div> Hmmmmm ... looks like the hard plastic tube you get with
            oil suction pumps. So, what does it reveal?<br>
            bs<br>
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            <div>On 3/22/2022 8:52 AM, Michael Salter wrote:<br>
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              <div dir="auto">It's actually quite easy to test on the
                highway. 
                <div dir="auto">I made this very basic manometer and
                  plugged the end of the tube into the dipstick hole. </div>
                <div dir="auto">Drive around with a passenger watching
                  the displacement of the water in the tube ...  very
                  revealing.</div>
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                <div dir="auto">M</div>
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                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue., Mar. 22,
                  2022, 11:15 a.m. Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>>
                  wrote:<br>
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                  <div> 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).<br>
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                    <div>On 3/21/2022 10:43 PM, i erbs wrote:<br>
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                      <div dir="auto">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.<br>
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                        <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Ira Erbs<br>
                          1959 AH 100-6<br>
                          1967 MGB<br>
                          Milwaukie, Or</div>
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                        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar
                          21, 2022, 5:31 PM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>>
                          wrote:<br>
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                        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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>
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                          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<br>
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