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- From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith)
- Subject: Re: Venting a V8 crankcase..........
- Organization: University of Western Ontario
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:39:19 GMT
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- In article <2030059@otter.hpl.hp.com> sgm@otter.hpl.hp.com (Steve Methley) writes:
- >I have a Rover (ex Buick) 3.5l (215cu) V8 engine which I use in my off road
- >vehicle. The engine is not in it's first flush of youth, so there is a good
- >amount of blow-by hence a high crankcase pressure. The little pipe feeding to
- >the carb is too small to relieve this pressure, with the result that at high
- >revs there is now oil blowing past the rear seal onto the clutch. As I don't
- >want to do a seal/clutch/ring job I'd like to vent the crankcase more
- >effectively.
-
- A 215 cubic inch engine is kinda small for a V-8? Must be a cute little
- engine. :)
-
- I've got a 65 Dodge (straight 6, 225 cu) and a 67 Dodge (318 cu, v-8).
- Most 60's and 70's vintage cars over hear have a PCV (postive crankcase
- ventalation) valve that comes off the valve cover and goes to the carb.
- Also, the oil filler cap, which is mounted on the valve cover, has a
- bit of an air filter in it and it allows air into the crank case to
- replace air that get's sucked out by the PCV valve. But since the
- valve is under negative pressure most of the time, I don't think it is that
- effective in pulling air out of the crank case.
-
- Anyways, I recently rebuilt my slant-6, because I was getting blow-by
- caused by general engine wear, and some broken rings in #2 cylinder.
- In my case, the blowby would endup coming out of the filler cap, and generally
- making for a dirty/oily engine near the cap.
-
- >Here's what was suggested to me by a rally enthusiast: Plug the vent pipe to
- >the carb and vent the engine via a large bore pipe to the atmosphere - but put
- >a trap in the pipe to catch oil droplets. The trap should be a sealed
- >container of water, semi-full, with the vent pipe from the engine feeding under
- >the water surface and a second pipe to atmosphere clear of the water.
-
- If you need to trap the oil, then you must have a really bad case of blow-
- by, and you really should channel your efforts into a ring job instead.
- The simple solution is to remove your oil filler cap and replace it with
- an aftermarket "breathable" cap (ie a cap with a filter that let's air
- in or out). You can always wrap a rag around the filter, and the rag
- will soak up the oil as it comes out.
-
- You can leave the pcv valve (what you call the vent pipe to the carb) in,
- but just make sure that under suction, the valve closes. The carb does not
- like a leaky pvc valve.
-
- -Later:Wayne-
-