[Vwdiesel] Oil Breather kit ?

[Gary, Orlando]

I had mine apart one day 'cause I was curious.

It definitely ain't no valve! It just had a few rigid baffles in it.
Maybe being a Quantum, it was an oddball.


-Gary, Orlando


On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 12:44, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> > That's exactly what I'm talking about!
> >
> >  The reason I mentioned this is because the Bentley for my Quantum TD
> >  described it as such... to slow down the velocity of the escaping oil
> >  mist and allow droplets to settle out and fall back into the engine.
> >
> >  -Gary, Orlando
>
>   That device is a pressure thing.  It has a valve of some sort in it and
> right
> now I don't remember which way it works but it's to stop too much blowby
> going through or such.  Velocity goes too high or the wrong way or such
> and it closes off as I recall. Same thing as the Ford and GM diesels
> have on them only they're a cad plated can.  Maybe VW's slows down
> the oil migration as well?  <shrug>
>      Loren
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