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Old Feb 13, 2006 | 05:05 AM
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Default Anybody using a valve cover "Breather"?

Is anybody using one? Thinking about putting one on. Is it okay to put a breather on and a catch can?

Want to try and control my oil consumption.
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Old Feb 13, 2006 | 05:26 PM
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Thunder Racing sells the Metco Motorsports breather that threads in where the oil filler cap goes. By far the best one you can get. It doesnt hurt to run one. Just keep her clean.
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Old Feb 13, 2006 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 99silveradoSS
Is anybody using one? Thinking about putting one on. Is it okay to put a breather on and a catch can?

Want to try and control my oil consumption.
You dont need a catch can if you have a breather. Make sure to plug the intake line. Leave the stock hose in case you have to pass a visual inspection, you can put the pcv back in. Ive never understood any of these guys spending 100+ on a catch can doing fab work or even swapping different valley covers, when you can just put a breather on it for 20 bucks and call it a day no more oil consumption!! the diameter is 3/4"
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Old Feb 13, 2006 | 06:25 PM
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you got a link to this thing?
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Old Feb 13, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 4.8T
you got a link to this thing?
http://www.thunderracing.com/catalog...id=91&pcid=276
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Old Feb 13, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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are you running one if so how is it?
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 07:34 PM
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So, if you run a breather you should plug the hoses coming from the valve covers on both sides or just the pass. side? You can only put a breather on one side.
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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screw it just put a filter on all of them and let it breathe.
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 07:53 PM
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I don't think the breather will do the job correctly. The breather just opens up the system so that air flow can't be measured by the computer. I think that the tune will maybe suffer if the system is just opened up.
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Im not running a breather, just an AMW can.
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