Breather to PCV

512Stroker said
True you need to have a breather in one valve cover and a PCV in the opposite valve cover.
No the breather does not have to be directly connected to the air cleaner as long is it free flowing and unobstructed.
It does help to have it connected to the air cleaner as it can only draw filtered air into the crankcase to vent out thru the PCV.

I am certainly one who is not all there... lol. I had a few too many hard knocks to the head to be normal anymore. But I manage some how.

Anyway, so the breather sucks through the carb breather? Maybe not all the time like at idle, but like when you are around 5,000 rpm, I can see that it could suck through the air filter because of the lower vaccum or higher pressure above the carb and lower in the manifold. Is that how that sucker works? So while I technically don't have to have the valve cover breather sucking out of or being sucked out through the carb breather, it wouldn't hurt and could be actually better to have it that way?

In my fog I kind of remember finding that elbow somewhere on the internet and I ordered it but it hasn't gotten here yet. It was a Mopar 5/8" one. I have searched all the places I usually go looking for the order but can't find it and I didn't get an email receipt. I hate that.

Anyway, I guess it will be okay to drive it with the breather not attached to the breather, which sounds odd, but I can continue my search as time goes by. Maybe I can find one somewhere.

But just to be sure, it is okay to run it with an open valve cover breather not connected to the carb breather temporarily?

Thanks,
Bob