Blowby solution? What do you think?

[Brit]

I had a question a few days ago about blowby that accumulates in the air cleaner housing. I had the same thing on my Waggie a year or two ago that was fixed with the PCV replacement.
When I checked the PCV on my J10 it was holding a very strong vacuum so I think it is working reasonably well. What I did on this truck was buy one of the crankcase filters that doesn't fit on our aircleaners and drill a hole where the little weinerthat the crankcase/oil filler hose fits on. I used a 7/8" hole saw and the pilot bit went inside the weiner and made a nice hole for the filter to fit it's weiner through. Clipped the little spring doo-dad on and done. Oh yeah, and a hose clamp on the air cleaner end.
This may be wishful thinking and I may have just made a reservior for the oil mist to accumulate in but it seems a bunch easier to clean up and the actual air filter element won't get soaked and grimy so quick.
I suppose another salvage air cleaner housing would work that already has the crankcase filter. Why doesn't the one inside the oil filler cap filter this out?

Later folks,

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Brit
1989 GW360 TFI No "wood"

1979 J10 "Roma" 360
Edelbrock Manifold/Carb
3"Rough Country Lift
33X12.50 muds
D44 fr/rear 3.54:1
T15 3spd/Dana 20

[Slippery]

The filter in the cap doesn't filter it out because that's the opposite of how it's supposed to work.
When vacuum (regulated by the PCV) draws vapors out of the crankcase, air has to get in to replace it. the biggest breach in the crankcase is the oil filler, so a vented cap is used. This cap uses the air filter to keep dirt from gettin in, not oil from getting out.
Excessive blowby causes excessive crankcase pressure (more than the PCV system can vent), so the vapors (including oil mist) escape through whatever hole they can find. Guess where that hole is? Through the cap, through the tube, and all over your paper air filter. http://www.ifsja.org/ubb/mad.gif

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Jason K.
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