Right now, the configuration is a PCV valve on the right valve cover, and
nothing on the left valve cover (no holes, breather, or filler cap).

Tom

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Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] Valve Cover Breather


>From: "Tom Tomlinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Chevelle-List] Valve Cover Breather
>Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 18:30:56 -0500
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>I'm replacing the intake manifold on my 350 Malibu. The oil filler tube is
>in the old manifold, but there is no provision for a filler tube in the new
>manifold, so I figure I'll move it to the valve cover. In shopping for a
oil
>filler cap, I noticed valve cover breathers are available as well. This is
>probably a novice question, but what is a valve cover breather for, and
what
>advantage/disadvantage would it have over a cap?

What's your current configuration?  Do you have a PCV valve in 1 valve
cover and a breather tube in the other?  Basically the breather acts as
a 2-way street; sometimes it allows air into the crankcase (PCV valve
open) and other times it vents vapors to the atmosphere or to the air
cleaner
if it's a breather tube (PCV valve closed).

Brad O.

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