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Greg_M
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19th Apr 06 at 09:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ive been told to do the breather mod on my xe before it goes in.

one small problem what the hell is it

any other little bits i can do to occupy my mind
Rileysport
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19th Apr 06 at 09:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
have a quick search on migweb mate... loads of info in there
Marc
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It's a small filter (imagine a mini induction kit) Which vent's petrol fume's to the atmosphere instead of back in to the engine. So in theory the car is sucking in cleaner air. The downside is that your engine bay will stink! The fume's can also come in to the cabin through the vent's, depending on where you mount it. It's also not very good for the environment!
Sly_SRi
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19th Apr 06 at 09:16   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
edit flat4 is correct


[Edited on 19-04-2006 by Sly_SRi]

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Rileysport
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Its none of the above... it stops oil been drawn back in through the inlet from the rocker cover, instead it just drops back onto the cams

basically you drill holes in the plate under the rocker cover

[Edited on 19-04-2006 by SRi-Co]
AK
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19th Apr 06 at 09:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
duh...

its actually oil fumes, and oil surge.
Marc
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19th Apr 06 at 09:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
He's right
Rileysport
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Doug_SRi
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19th Apr 06 at 09:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is the drilling the holes worth doing? use my nova on the track as well as the road
Greg_M
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19th Apr 06 at 09:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thanks guys i found this link
http://www.max-boost.co.uk/max-boost/cylhead/crank_ventilation.htm

quite a good read. something simular shouldlgo in FAQ i think.

Anything else thats worth doing?
Rileysport
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Its supposed to stop low speed jerkiness etc... stop the tb butterfly getting gummed up too i'd imagine
AK
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19th Apr 06 at 09:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yup... without it, unmetered dirty oily air/vapour gets taken into the TB...
Greg_M
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19th Apr 06 at 09:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Replacing the pipe from the front of the rocker cover with two short lengths of straight pipe, an oil seperator inbetween and replacing the pipe from the back of the rocker cover to the inlet pipe, and the one to the throttle body


mainly for ecotec engines?

[Edited on 19-04-2006 by Greg_M]
AK
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19th Apr 06 at 09:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nope
Greg_M
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worth doing then AK?
AK
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19th Apr 06 at 09:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i found it helped mine.....

not sure if the plate is drilled in this engine, but i did it on the green rocker cover
ed
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19th Apr 06 at 09:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mines been drilled out, though I have never taken mine any higher than second gear... It's MattB's rocler cover off of his LET though, which used to belong to the guy who runs that website... In fact, I think that might be my rocker cover
Steve
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19th Apr 06 at 11:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you may get 70bhp from this mod

 
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