Oil Leak at Breather

[Dan Stryffeler]

It looks like the foam lining in the billet breather on my small block Ford is pretty saturated with oil which is now starting to drip out and leak on to the valve cover.

I have a pcv valve on the opposite side and was kinda under the impression that as gas would be pulled out of the engine through the pcv valve and burned off, that new air would be pulled in through the breather, but it looks like some bypas gas and oil are pushing their way up through the breather.

The fittings on each cover are baffled; pcv and breather units are from Billet Specialties... The pcv valve is currently plugged into the bottom of the air cleaner, maybe 2 inches away from the carb. I have a large oval air cleaner similiar to what would be used on a dual carb setup.

Does this imply that I am not pulling enough air through the pcv valve, or is it normal to have a certain amount of bypass through the breather also? The valve is new so I doubt that it is blocked.

I'm thinking that the air cleaner is so large that it is not drawing air from the pcv valve - relocate attachment to the carb instead?

Thanks,

Dan