[TR] TR 3A Oil breather tube

[MMoore8425 at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/18/2009 5:45:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
DLylis at aol.com writes:

After I  rebuilt my motor I posted that I was getting oil out of the  
breather  tube when parked in the garage, and while driving based upon what 
I see   
on the underside.  Because I had newly rebuilt I wrote it off to blow  by  
and waited until the motor broke in. 
Well, I now have 178 -  181 compression readings and nice  cardboard brown 
plugs and she runs  very well. . .  and the oil still drips  from the 
breather  
tube.  I have an aftermarket alloy valve cover and I have  over  drilled 
the 
vent hole in the cap and on the underside of the cap, and  don't  lay on 
the 
cap when I screw it on.  Still. . .
So I  checked my oil level and removed the new felt on the dipstick that 
was  
about four times thicker than the one that came off and filled the oil to  
the  3/4 mark with the new dipstick position.  Still. .  .
Comments? 





My freshly rebuilt engine with a cast valve cover blew oil all over the  
place, It really needs that breather cap on top . I replaced my alloy cover 
with  a factory cover and my problems went away. I gave the cover to a friend 
, a  machinist, and he added a great big vent and uses it.
Mike Moore