Rocker Breather.... is this OK?

but now, to my knowledge, there is nothin to suggest that it needs replacing...:S


what would u do?

 

already thought about that rubjonny!! wont be for a while yet... so much to save for... so little time to save the money!!


and about the O ring..... couldn't be fuked tbh! seemed a right ass hole of a job!

 

weber carb nice one I'm sure it drives so much better!
i'd also go with a piper brether filter mount as high as possible with out bends so all oil can drain back down

& yes you have hydraulic tappets
Edited by: Crispy 8V

 

oil will be coming up through the pipe due to high oil pressure due to
restricted galleries in the block. use a decent engine flush/ flushing
oil to remove some of this crap.



you can diconnect the tube to the airbox with no worry of the car
running badly, the connection to the airbox is before the filter
meaning no unfiltered air will be allowed into the engine.



the only reason this oil breather tube is for emissions purposes, as
all emissions from the car have to be vented through the exhaust.
technically the car would fail an emissions test if a remote breather
was fitted and emissions were deemed to be harmful!!!!



if your car takes ages to come off chocke(pierberg) this would be an
indication that the rubber o ring had swollen/blocked up in the joint
of the inlet to head as this woul restrict the flow meaning the water
running through the choke mechanism wouldnt be hot even if the engine
was!



as for fitting a mk3 golf rocker cover, they are a straight swap but
remember that your current cambelt cover wont attatch to it.



the result is this:

 

ahhh yes cheers rubjonny, i was getting confused there when reading trd's post. But what you were saying about therestricted galleries mate, i've thought about flushing the engine and was thinking about using the old steam cleaning technique, by using a vacumm to suck some water into the inlet to steam clean all that gunky s**t. Have any of you guys tried this? do u know if its just as effective as using the proper engine flush?


Does anyone know where i can get hold of...


A) A Piper filter for the breather?


B) Some sort of bung to block the breather inlet to the airbox?


and what effect, if any, would this mod have on the running of the enigine?


Cheers

 

Restrictions in the galleries/filter etc might cause high oil pressure
in certain areas but it will not blow out of the breathers as a result,
oil pumps have a pressure relief valve. However if a breather blocks up
then it might cause pressure in the crancase and breach a seal that way
but fairly uncommon. The breathers only vent crankcase pressure due to
blowby of the rings and stems etc.



I fancy a polished rocker cover now, I had one but I threw it away
without thinking, was trying to keep mine looking stock... idiot

 

Anyone got any suggestions for what to blank off the airbox with?

 

^DITO^

 

A short piece of the original hose, a bolt in the end, and a jubilee clip?

Or bung it up with fibreglass, if you want it to be permanent.

DarkMk2 - good to see you got it running...the Weber is less sensitive to temperature with a manual choke, than the auto-choke pierburg (as TRD suggested) so if it's only partially blocked (and they're ALL partially blocked) then you could be ok for a bit. It's a pain in the ar5e to change, so don't do it unless you've got the inlet manifold off for another reason (e.g. a go-faster head swap) or you start getting running problems again.

 

to blank mine off i just pulled the tube off at the rocker cover, and put a spark plug in the tube! perfect fit! but its best to have the pipe attached like normal, ive put mine back. its best for emissions. save theplanet man...

 

right ok then chaps... thanks for all your input!


ill get round to doin the breather thing then... whenever i can be bothered to get my ar5e in gear!


oh yeh.... WEBER'S ROCK!!!