Breather Caps?????
01-01-2009, 06:34 AM
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Breather Caps?????
Any benefit to having one on a stock 50 engine besides them looking cool ?
01-01-2009, 07:00 AM
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ponyboy302
Any benefit to having one on a stock 50 engine besides them looking cool ?
Nope,
they allow the gases/pressure to vent into the atmosphere.
01-01-2009, 07:22 AM
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your pcv system is sufficient, no need for a breather
01-01-2009, 07:29 AM
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An open breather on a setup with a functional PCV, will cause a vacuum leak condition (unmetered air) that affects the EEC fuel trim corrections.
01-01-2009, 11:14 AM
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they can also blow some oil vapors out somtimes and that tends to make a lil mess
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Breather Caps?????
01-01-2009, 07:00 AM
