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Re: [TR] Crankcase ventilation

To: Triumphs <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Crankcase ventilation
From: Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:04:40 -0700
On 4/9/10, David Brister <david.brister@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Clearly one cannot overvent a middle aged TR engine!

Though in the case of a road draft tube... I think the stock version
was carefully designed to vent but not suck the oil out of the
crankcase.

I vaguely recall a tale of some well-meaning mechanic changing the
configuration of that tube on a works car (perhaps Ken Richardson's)
with diastrous results.

Geo

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