1961 PCV conversion
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,548
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From: Location, Location QC,NY
Very cool Frank, you do Rube Goldberg proud!
I hope that it helps you identify the issue.
Paul
PS. I also checked the JG for those spinners; depends if they have the correct bluish tint and not the yellowish tint of the repros.
I hope that it helps you identify the issue.
Paul
PS. I also checked the JG for those spinners; depends if they have the correct bluish tint and not the yellowish tint of the repros.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,108
Likes: 4
From: Plano Texas
Frank,
I like your installation, BUT I wonder (over time) if oil will accumulate in the lower hose rather than in the separator. It looks like any oil would have to make a serious uphill climb to the separator. Just a thought to consider, not criticism. Clever solution, though.
I worried about blow-by exhaust from my draft tube, also. What I did was to thread a brass fitting into the draft tube that I shortened and squared off about 3 inches shorter than normal length. The fitting threaded into the end of the draft tube by friction and accepted a 3/4-inch heater hose on one end that I extended about 2 inches below the frame. I cut the hose at a 45 degree angle to create a draw that assists the expulsion of vapors when the car is moving forward. So far, no greasy film on the underside of the car.
Good luck and Merry Christmas!!
Mark
I like your installation, BUT I wonder (over time) if oil will accumulate in the lower hose rather than in the separator. It looks like any oil would have to make a serious uphill climb to the separator. Just a thought to consider, not criticism. Clever solution, though.
I worried about blow-by exhaust from my draft tube, also. What I did was to thread a brass fitting into the draft tube that I shortened and squared off about 3 inches shorter than normal length. The fitting threaded into the end of the draft tube by friction and accepted a 3/4-inch heater hose on one end that I extended about 2 inches below the frame. I cut the hose at a 45 degree angle to create a draw that assists the expulsion of vapors when the car is moving forward. So far, no greasy film on the underside of the car.
Good luck and Merry Christmas!!
Mark
Team Owner
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 26,118
Likes: 1,874
From: Greenville, Indiana
I rigged up a deal like Frank has about three months ago. I have a little car that I scoot around in for short trips and 40mpg. Only problem, it has a lot of blowby bue to I suspect a broken ring. The blowby vapors were getting sucked out of the valve cover and into the air intake. What wasn't pulled into the engine was condensing and running downt he intake pipe and settling on the air cleaner filter element. Then, when you'd goose it, it would suck the condensed oil out of the air intake plus more out of the valve cover and create a lot of smoke beside the fact it was using a lot of oil. Oh, and it was fouling the oxygen sensor too and causing driveability problems.
The "fix" was to remove the hose from the air intake (plug the port), drop the hose over by the battery and into a vapor separator. Then, another length of hose below the engine.
The result is no more fouling of the oxygen sensor and air cleaner element, less oil consumption and I empty the separator from time/time and pour the trapped oil back in the engine
I'll fix the engine when I feel like it.
The "fix" was to remove the hose from the air intake (plug the port), drop the hose over by the battery and into a vapor separator. Then, another length of hose below the engine.
The result is no more fouling of the oxygen sensor and air cleaner element, less oil consumption and I empty the separator from time/time and pour the trapped oil back in the engine
I'll fix the engine when I feel like it.
