valve cover breather?
Re: valve cover breather?
Originally Posted by sssalah
On the passenger side valve cover in place of the pcv.
Re: valve cover breather?
Is there any point to these on Lt1's besides to look pretty or do they provide some kind of befefit? also sorry for the bad info
Last edited by camarokid24; Jan 28, 2005 at 12:21 AM.
Re: valve cover breather?
Originally Posted by camarokid24
Is there any point to these on Lt1's besides to look pretty or do they provide some kind of befefit?
Also the advantage back in 1992 was the ignition system. Yes, the opti was an advantage...sorta.

Other than that? No, not really.
Re: valve cover breather?
If you were going to use a breather I guess you could put it in either spot. I imagine it would do the same job. However, I would like to maintain my filler neck, so I'd put it in the place of the CCV. All the CCV is is a plastic elbow with a hose to the throttle body in order to suck the ventilated gases in. I don't really see a benefit for switching from the CCV to a breather, besides aesthetics, but I don't see it hurting anything.
Re: valve cover breather?
The piece in the rear of the passenger side valve cover with the hose going to the TB is wear the crankcase draws its fresh air for the PCV valve to suck out the fumes. It draws air through the engine air cleaner to get clean air. The drawback is at WOT the hose lets oil,from the vacuum of all the in rushing air, get sucked into the intake. A way to stop it is to get a small in line fuel filter and plug it into the line and let it lay,with the wires, on the intake/valve cover area or get a K&N valve cover breather which will probably stay wet with oil and make a mess if you have any blow by. Then get a rubber vacuum cap and put on the TB
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The PCV valve is in the intake on the drivers side about the middle plugged into a hose and stuck into a rubber boot in the intake.
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The PCV valve is in the intake on the drivers side about the middle plugged into a hose and stuck into a rubber boot in the intake.
Last edited by 1racerdude; Jan 28, 2005 at 02:17 AM.
Re: valve cover breather?
You could always use a screw in type breather that replaces the oil fill cap. I use one on my blown car. $17 bucks + shipping & handling from Summit. Just look at the K&N section.
Re: valve cover breather?
Originally Posted by camarokid24
Is there any point to these on Lt1's besides to look pretty or do they provide some kind of befefit? also sorry for the bad info 

Re: valve cover breather?
After reading Freds explanation I took mine off and put the oil fill cap back on.
I installed a filter breather in the valve cover to help with any oil into the TB problems.
I orginally thought it didn,t make a difference as far as how the car ran but after some time I think the car runs better but it could just be me.
I installed a filter breather in the valve cover to help with any oil into the TB problems.
I orginally thought it didn,t make a difference as far as how the car ran but after some time I think the car runs better but it could just be me.


