I was concerned about this after my latest modification. This project started with the oil drain having an oversized plug so I can not put a VDO oil temp sensor there. See: http://neksiwel.20m.com/cgi-bin/i/images/oil1.jpg Here I am test fitting the parts on a spare block. I eliminated the oil filler tube and in the vacated hole I mounted a plate I made with the new VDO oil temp sensor. Great, but now I had to come up with a new way to add oil. I combined a couple of high performance Type I parts from CB Performance and replaced the plastic breather tower with this aluminum tower you see in the picture. It has both a vent and a oil cap. So far so good. With 218K+ miles on the engine I thought blowby might be a problem. In reality I think the amount of scavange is metered by the in line metal plug (digifant only) with the small opening through it. So a straight through tower might not increase the air flow. Just a thought.
Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 07:08:39 EDT Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@AOL.COM> writes: > A possible cause is the oil breather tower. The vent is tied into > the intake. If it is bad, then there is nothing to restrict the vent and > oil vapor can be sucked into the intake ................. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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