spudsterier
Well-Known Member
do i absolutely need a pcv valve or can i just block the port off on an edelbrock carb?
I myself run just 2 breathers. A pcv is more or less an emissions piece.
so if i dont use a pcv valve then can i just plug the pcv port on the carb?
Yes.
if i do use a pcv valve can i just get the breathers with the pcv port?
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i already have M/T valve covers and 2 holes have baffles and 1 hole doesnt have a valve....so im just trying to figure out what to put where
Baffles are the best way to keep any oil splash out of the PCV system, but these work too.
The hole without the baffle should be for the oil fill cap and should have two notches in it. The other two will be for either two breathers or a breather and a pcv valve. My Moroso covers have a hole in each cover. The one on the left front is for a breather that I can pop out and use for an oil fill. The right rear I use the rubber grommet baffle and the PCV valve.
I you drive it on the street, yes. It'll help keep the blow-by gasses from building up and has no real effect on HP. It also helps keep condensation from building up inside the engine.
I personally have never had any buildup on my valve covers.
Yeah not usually a problem where its hot and dry most of the year. mostly happens where its costantly cold and humid. you got all the hot gases pumping up to the covers and the outside air is cold. next thing you know your freaking out thinking you have a blown head gasket but the dipstick looks clean.
I personally have never had any buildup on my valve covers.
Yeah not usually a problem where its hot and dry most of the year. mostly happens where its costantly cold and humid. you got all the hot gases pumping up to the covers and the outside air is cold. next thing you know your freaking out thinking you have a blown head gasket but the dipstick looks clean.
I personally have never had any buildup on my valve covers.
Hey Waggin, can you explain how a NOT running a PCV makes it run richer?? I am not getting it..
it gets so humid here some times that my tools inside the toolbox sweat.
im just going to run the pcv valve.....as long as i can find a gromet that will fit the valve cover
Hmmmm,just plug it up and see,It stands to reason if you plug it up the engine will richen up,and if you pull the pcv valve off of the end it will lean it out.it's basicly a controlled vacume leak.plus having it hooked up does have other advantages that ramcharger has pointed out.If you had a meter to test the air fuel meter at the tailpipe you could see the diffrence with and without the pcv.but hey do what you wan't,the factory put them things on there to lower emissions,how could it lower emissions?besides look at em...what could they know??? :cheers: