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Lou1119 08-23-2017 09:53 AM
Valve cover breather
 
I'm preparing for the last show of the year and I need some help. The motor in my car is a Roush 427SR and has the normal chrome valve cover breather on the driver side. I realize that it is a breather but the oil that leaks out drives me crazy especially when I drive the car to a show. I have tried the old hot rod trick of cutting a piece of sponge the size of the breather and placing it between the valve cover and the breather itself. It is like a doughnut with a hole in the middle to let the neck slip through. This works OK if the car is not driven too far but on longer trips I still get the leakage once the sponge gets saturated. Does anyone have another soloution?

Thanks

Shootnride 08-23-2017 10:03 AM
I run breathers on both valve covers that have the exposed pleated filter element and I just made some gaskets for the sealing surface out of some 1/8" neoprene rubber. The gaskets are about a 95% solution to the oil seepage.

Ted

Moto One 08-23-2017 05:36 PM
I did a very similar fix as Shootnride.

Mark.

jacobsed 08-24-2017 02:35 PM
Are you running a PCV setup? If not that would most likely take care of the problem.

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Originally Posted by Lou1119 (Post 1428807)
I'm preparing for the last show of the year and I need some help. The motor in my car is a Roush 427SR and has the normal chrome valve cover breather on the driver side. I realize that it is a breather but the oil that leaks out drives me crazy especially when I drive the car to a show. I have tried the old hot rod trick of cutting a piece of sponge the size of the breather and placing it between the valve cover and the breather itself. It is like a doughnut with a hole in the middle to let the neck slip through. This works OK if the car is not driven too far but on longer trips I still get the leakage once the sponge gets saturated. Does anyone have another soloution?

Thanks


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