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Crankcase Breather draws Dirty Air from outside!

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Old Oct 8, 2024 | 02:18 AM
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Default Crankcase Breather draws Dirty Air from outside!

I was a bit disappointed to see that the Dodge engineering folks set up the crankcase breather to get its air from the UNFILTERED side of the air cleaner housing.
I can't be bothered to take a picture right now, but if you have a look at yours, you will see that you're getting dirty air introduced into your lubrication system. Think about that the next time you're following someone down a dusty road.
I put a filter on mine. Would've been nice if it were done 100,000 miles ago.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2024 | 05:39 AM
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The breather doesn't draw anywhere near the volume of air the air filter does, but it dies contain a built-in filter. There is a maintenance change schedule for it, but I couldn't tell you what it is off the top of my head.
 
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