Hi everyone,
Car is a 89 5.0 LX with a T5 and 168,000 miles. There is a Steeda firewall catch can installed from the rear PCV then back to the upper intake on the rear.
Ive been searching the internet for days now and have yet to find anyone who has tried or questioned this.
Basically i installed a king cobra clutch kit around 5 years ago, along with a new rear main seal, flywheel and all clutch related bearings. Ever since then its still been leaking and ive sort of just lived with it. Recently my clutch started slipping with chatter, which ive attributed to oil getting on the friction disk. Ive verified this after changing my clutch the other day and finding oil slung all over the bell housing.
Im currently under the assumption that the rear main seal wasnt necessarily bad, but instead the engine just has too much blowby. This time around i installed a crankshaft repair sleeve but it appears to still be leaking.
My idea. Has anyone ever tried putting a vent from the driver side valve cover, (not breather) similar to the vent on the passenger side fill neck? I want to drill and tap a small 3/8 hose fitting on the driver side somewhere with rocker arm clearance and T it to the vent tube on the passenger side which will connect to the hose fitting on the throttle body.
The question. With a properly functioning PCV, will there be any adverse side effects of running a vent tube from both valve covers? I’ve seen SN95 mustangs with this driver side vent tube but with a passenger side PCV.
I know the best alternative would be to rebuild the engine, but id like to get some input from the community about this idea.
Car is a 89 5.0 LX with a T5 and 168,000 miles. There is a Steeda firewall catch can installed from the rear PCV then back to the upper intake on the rear.
Ive been searching the internet for days now and have yet to find anyone who has tried or questioned this.
Basically i installed a king cobra clutch kit around 5 years ago, along with a new rear main seal, flywheel and all clutch related bearings. Ever since then its still been leaking and ive sort of just lived with it. Recently my clutch started slipping with chatter, which ive attributed to oil getting on the friction disk. Ive verified this after changing my clutch the other day and finding oil slung all over the bell housing.
Im currently under the assumption that the rear main seal wasnt necessarily bad, but instead the engine just has too much blowby. This time around i installed a crankshaft repair sleeve but it appears to still be leaking.
My idea. Has anyone ever tried putting a vent from the driver side valve cover, (not breather) similar to the vent on the passenger side fill neck? I want to drill and tap a small 3/8 hose fitting on the driver side somewhere with rocker arm clearance and T it to the vent tube on the passenger side which will connect to the hose fitting on the throttle body.
The question. With a properly functioning PCV, will there be any adverse side effects of running a vent tube from both valve covers? I’ve seen SN95 mustangs with this driver side vent tube but with a passenger side PCV.
I know the best alternative would be to rebuild the engine, but id like to get some input from the community about this idea.