Question for those w/o PCV system - fumes

[Gaz64]

Originally Posted by hotrodyankee

Run a PVC, you need to get all that unwanted condensation and fumes out of the engine. There's a lot of condensation built up on initial start, especially on a cold engine.

Correct.

There are ways of having a sealed PCV system that can still allow the engine to be ventilated to the air filter base under load.

I have a sealed pcv on one of my cars, Moroso air/oil separator meant for crankcase racing vacuum pumps, maintenance free, self draining to valve cover, large 12an to base of air filter, no oil in pcv line or breather hose to air filter. No fumes, no maintenance, no legal issues, no worries.

Gary

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Gaz64

... Moroso air/oil separator meant for crankcase racing vacuum pumps, maintenance free, self draining ...

My separator is also self draining, but I'm the self.

[xb-60]

Dan, is it possible that there's a small oil leak somewhere that's not obvious, and the delinquent hot oil is the cause of the smell?

Cheers,
Glen

[Ron61]

Dan,

You could try getting a set of those valve covers with a breather hole in them and then use the breather caps and see if that helps. Also as XB-60 said, you may have a very small oil leak that burns away before you can see where it is. I used some stuff in my oil once that a black light made visible and found that I had a very small leak from one of the valve covers but it was not enough for me to see as the heat burned it away before I could find it. The black light showed where it was and I changed the gasket and that stopped all of the smell and leak.

Ron