Hope you guys don't mind a nube jumping in, but I thought maybe yall could help me understand this breather thing. I always thought that the breather tube just provided filtered air and that air (gases) was sucked out of the pcv valve, and that putting a filter on the breather side keeps the motor from stealing intake air. If air is going out of the motor into the intake via this tube, is vacuum supposed to be present on the breather tube to help suck gases out of the motor?

btw I have a breather filter installed now.

 

Deep Artic Gear thats funny. NOT!! J/K I do it evey year in a tent in January it's awesome camping in the winter in Western New York.

On the breather disscusion I agree totaly with the breathers. Everyone seams to have the same thought that I did about the pcv side. Check this out take a look at the second one I would say that this is what we are talking about. After all the work done on the Performance how about something that adds a little bling and actually works.

 

Ramman, The ones me and Steve and Shott have been talking about do not have the hose fitting on them like the 2nd one in the picture. We're talking about eliminating that hose to the air cleaner. Back somewhere in this thread I posted a pic of the one we're talking about.....

 

Yeah I know, I was talking about shotts idea about the PCV side. If you look at those they are a breather with a PCV valve on them. Which is what he is talking about, removing the valve and putting on a breather. With this you still have the valve and the air entering the intake is filtered. I have been running breathers on valve covers for years, my old 87 had Mopar performance covers and thats all I could put on them cuz the grommets where so big.

 

scott you camp around here in janurary? are you out of your damn mind??!?!?!?!?!!?!?

couldnt make it to autozone today to check out the breathers again... i got a buttload of tests this week in school and been studying alot... ill get back out there this weekend to check them out..maybe theyll have better guys workin there this time... scott knows the autozone im talkin about..the one in batavia...

racin...is that the breather that actually has a female end on it? and all you did is just pop off the breather tube and used the little plastic post already stickin out of the calve cover gromet? i suck im the last one to get around to doing this mod... lol

 

No, I pulled the plastic piece with the 90 degree elbow out of the grommet, which leaves a 1" hole. The filter I got has a 1" male end that plugs right in to the rubber grommet on the pass. side after you remove the plastic fitting............

 

got the breather on and had the same results as the little test i ran (pulled the tube off and let it run) smoothed out the idle and the motor seems to pull a bit harder... thanks for that part number racin...the morons at autozone had not a clue what i was talking about.... and i cracked the hell out of the 90 deg fitting...had to pull the vavle cover off to get that peice out.. PITA...got it out and put that brether on... itll be a while before i can do a yay or nay on the mpg etc.

 

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Just for info purposes - that plastic fitting you broke was $4 at the stealership - I got one just in case the "emission & safety inspection *****" here give me any hassle next time I get inspected.
Yeah, I broke mine off too, trying to pull it out. I was able to pry the bottom out with a screwdriver though......

 

i wish it was that easy... it took me a good 30 mins to wrestle with it!