Rerouting PCV Valve
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Drifting
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From: Collinsville MS
St. Jude Donor '08
Rerouting PCV Valve
If I change out my valve covers to the type that dont have the PCV hole, where are my options for rerouting the PCV valve? or does the valve cover breather vent the engine instead?
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From: At my Bar drinking and wrenching in Lafayette Colorado
You need to run a PCV or some type of positive crankcase evacuation system. If you check the archives over on the C1/C2 Forum, there are a few guys who have come up with ways to punch a PCV into the non-PCV "script" type early covers and make it look nice.
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Drifting
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From: Collinsville MS
St. Jude Donor '08
I have been looking for new valve covers and every set I find that I like dont have a PCV hole. I figured I could put one in it but I hate to drill holes in something I just bought.
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From: Millington Illinois
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
I went with the oil filler tube on a 65 vette with a small tube on it and a fitting for a 63 that threads into the base of the carb. It has a small hole in it , about 1/8 inch. Works as a PCV, no holes in valvecover. See the picture. The black hose that runs from the front oil fill tube to the rear base of the center carb is my PCV. You need the old style intake to do this though.
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Drifting
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From: Collinsville MS
St. Jude Donor '08
very nice setup. You have started me thinking. I just ordered a new intake manifold and it has the boss for an oil tube, I would have to drill it though. Depending on the valve covers I find I may just drill the cover and put a grommet in. Lot easier to replace the valve cover anyway.
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From: Woodstock GA
very nice setup. You have started me thinking. I just ordered a new intake manifold and it has the boss for an oil tube, I would have to drill it though. Depending on the valve covers I find I may just drill the cover and put a grommet in. Lot easier to replace the valve cover anyway.
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