Valve Cover Breathers
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Valve Cover Breathers
Are these necessary? I have one on each valve cover, and they spit more oil over the engine than anything else. Is there a different type of breather I should be using? Do I really need two, if I have to have any? I'm getting tired of cleaning an oily mess, and of sucking oil fumes!!
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If they are spitting oil everywhere get some new ones. Yes they are necessary. If you plug them up then the vacume will get screwed up. If you just remove them then there is an open hole straight onto the heads for dirt etc. to attackt the motor. I can't remember what kind mine are but they don't leak. Part of having an old motor is also cleaning it and keeping it clean. Good does come with the bad in this case.
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Your profile says you have a 289 in there? Obviously a transplant. These should only have a breather on the drivers side. The pass side should have a cover for a grommet and PCV. The later 289's ( 64-67 )had a breather cap with a hose connected to the air cleaner. Do you know what it came out of? These trucks originally had a 292 Y blocks for an V8.
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Yeah, I put the 289 in the profile, only cause I don't really know what I have. I know now, that they came with the 292, but I don't think that is what mine is. The distributer is in the front, and the valve covers have more bolts than what I've been told they should for a 292. There are pictures in the gallery under Redneck Stepside (I know, it's a Flairside!). I'm open to any help I can get at this point!
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What you have there is a later model 289 or 302. It is likely a 302 based on the pulleys and accessory mounts but could be an earlier engine with the later parts. It could also be a 255 but hopefully nobody was rude enough to do that to you and they were only made for a short while in the late 70's and early 80's. You should have a PCV valve in one valve cover and a breather cap on teh other. It looks as if somebody removed your PCV system which is sill on a street vehicle as it causes oil leaks and allows acids and nasties to form in the oil. Find a 1970's or early 80's carbureted Ford and get the PCV adapter plate, the valve cover caps and PCV hardware and get it back on teh engine. Your engine will thank you with a longer life and you won't be cleaning it all the time. Hawkrod
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usually the pcv goes to the right rear. This makes it so that it does not have to be removed to add oil. You can also change the left front to a regular one with the line on it going to the aircleaner
Last edited by frty7ford; Mar 8, 2005 at 08:02 AM.
