Air filter crank case vent thingy - HELP!
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From: Snake handler
Originally Posted by norvalwilhelm
Your pcv valve in the valve cover has a hose going from the top of it to the air filter/cleaner base.
Yes! That's it! I need the part that connects the hose to the air cleaner. I think it has a spark arrestor in it but I can't seem to find anything. My air cleaner doesn't have anything there - I'm going to drill the hole and install and get rid of my crappy breather on the valve cover.
At one time we discussed making one - do you know the name of the part and where to find one - or how to make one?
Thanks!
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From: Snake handler
Originally Posted by Aflac
A lot of times, your airfilter will have a knock out area in the base that you have to knock out in order to connect it.
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You have a PCV, You have a hose... you have the aircleaner... are you looking for a Plastic hosebarb to slide the hose onto? Dont know if a parts store carries that For sure could find it on any car with an air cleaner on the engine, not the fenderwell in a junkyard.
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Originally Posted by norvalwilhelm
Your pcv valve in the valve cover has a hose going from the top of it to the air filter/cleaner base.
My pcv valve hose goes to a vacuum fitting at/on the carburetor base. There is another hose (breather?) that goes from the opposite valve cover to a filter/screen thing mounted to the air cleaner housing (sorta like # 1 or # 2 in this pic:
Edit: Here's what I'm referring to (fr. Eckler's):
Which hose is the O.P. referring to?
D. Ocean
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Last edited by 74FLCONV; Feb 6, 2005 at 09:58 PM.
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Hmm...
PCV = Positive Crankcase Ventilation
Used to be a hose that ran to the ground... car'd leave spots everywhere it went. Enviromentalists decided this was bad, and made the engine eat the oil fumes.
Keeps from blowing the seals out of the engine... the breathers work, but PCV is a simple system... Just a check valve! Most that I've seen hook up to the aircleaner housing outside of the filter element.
My car had afermarket valvecovers, only one had the PCV... so cant help you with the second breather!
PCV = Positive Crankcase Ventilation
Used to be a hose that ran to the ground... car'd leave spots everywhere it went. Enviromentalists decided this was bad, and made the engine eat the oil fumes.
Keeps from blowing the seals out of the engine... the breathers work, but PCV is a simple system... Just a check valve! Most that I've seen hook up to the aircleaner housing outside of the filter element.
My car had afermarket valvecovers, only one had the PCV... so cant help you with the second breather!
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Originally Posted by 74FLCONV
My pcv valve hose goes to a vacuum fitting at/on the carburetor base. There is another hose (breather?) that goes from the opposite valve cover to a filter/screen thing mounted to the air cleaner housing (sorta like # 1 or # 2 in this pic:
Edit: Here's what I'm referring to (fr. Eckler's):
Which hose is the O.P. referring to?
D. Ocean
Miami, FLA
pm
Edit: Apparently its a "14 inch Air Cleaner Assembly To Valve Cover Tube Part# 37844 from Ecklers
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...969CF86VNK1LN5
Thank you all for helping!
Last edited by TJefferson2020; Feb 6, 2005 at 11:04 PM.
