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Re: [Healeys] PCV installation BJ8

To: Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gmail.com>, "healeys@autox.team.net" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] PCV installation BJ8
From: Harold Manifold via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:35:31 -0700
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Thread-topic: RE: [Healeys] PCV installation BJ8
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'word-wrap:break-word'><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>Micha=
el,</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>You h=
ave found the needle in the haystack. Would you mind sharing the part numbe=
r of the Toyota PCV valve.</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Thanks,</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p c=
lass=3DMsoNormal>Harold<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p=
></p><div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid=
 #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'bor=
der:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href=3D"mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.co=
m">Michael Salter</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, March 22, 2022 9:57 AM<br><b=
>To: </b><a href=3D"mailto:manifold@telus.net";>Harold Manifold</a>; <a href=
=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject=
: </b>Re: [Healeys] PCV installation BJ8</p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p=
>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>That particular PCV valve was se=
lected because that is it's orientation in its OEM use and it is spring clo=
sed.</p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=
=3DMsoNormal>M</p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><di=
v><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On Tue., Mar. 22, 2022, 12:51 p.m. Harold Manif=
old, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:manifold@telus.net";>manifold@telus.net</a>&gt; w=
rote:</p></div><blockquote style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1=
.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><di=
v><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-a=
lt:auto'>Michael,</p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;=
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>&nbsp;</p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-mar=
gin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Nice job done on the PCV syste=
m. I have been trying different configurations as well and agree finding th=
e right PCV valve is important. Is the Toyota PCV you used gravity to close=
 (i.e. should be mounted vertically) or spring to close so it will work in =
all orientations. Most of the PCV valves I have come across should be mount=
ed vertically and mine would be horizontal.</p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=
=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>&nbsp;</p><p class=
=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>T=
hanks,</p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-=
bottom-alt:auto'>&nbsp;</p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt=
:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Harold</p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'm=
so-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>&nbsp;</p><div style=3D'=
border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto=
'><b>From: </b><a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>Michael Salter via=
 Healeys</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, March 22, 2022 9:28 AM<br><b>To: </b>=
<a href=3D"mailto:bspidell@comcast.net";>Bob Spidell</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:=
healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [=
Healeys] PCV installation BJ8</p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-ma=
rgin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>&nbsp;</p><div><p class=3DMso=
Normal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Well th=
e system that I installed on my BN1 using a Toyota Pathfinder valve was som=
ewhat effective but certainly not perfect. Not easy to see in the attached =
pic.</p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-marg=
in-bottom-alt:auto'>I found that at normal cruise the ccp ranged between +2=
&quot; and -3&quot;.</p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin=
-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Lifting off the throttle momentar=
ily would establish the -3&quot; pressure which would hold until the engine=
 was taken back to idle. After that the pressure would fluctuate as one acc=
elerated through the gears then establish at around 0 in at steady speed un=
til the throttle was closed, then back to -3&quot;.</p></div><div><p class=
=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I=
'm fairly sure that these figures are a consequence of the type of PCV valv=
e used but it is impossible to get specific information about various valve=
s.</p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-=
margin-bottom-alt:auto'>M</p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-=
margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>&nbsp;</p><div><div><p clas=
s=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>=
On Tue., Mar. 22, 2022, 12:00 p.m. Bob Spidell, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bspid=
ell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>&gt; wrote:</p></div><blockquote s=
tyle=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0=
pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'=
><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:1=
2.0pt'>Hmmmmm ... looks like the hard plastic tube you get with oil suction=
 pumps. So, what does it reveal?<br>bs</p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=
=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On 3/22/2022 8:52 A=
M, Michael Salter wrote:</p></div><blockquote style=3D'margin-top:5.0pt;mar=
gin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:aut=
o;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>It's actually quite easy to test on the highw=
ay.&nbsp; </p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;ms=
o-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I made this very basic manometer and plugged the =
end of the tube into the dipstick hole.&nbsp;</p></div><div><p class=3DMsoN=
ormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Drive ar=
ound with a passenger watching the displacement of the water in the tube ..=
.&nbsp; very revealing.</p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-mar=
gin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>&nbsp;</p></div><div><p class=
=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>M=
</p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-m=
argin-bottom-alt:auto'>&nbsp;</p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'ms=
o-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Tue., Mar. 22, 2022, 1=
1:15 a.m. Bob Spidell, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bspidell@comcast.net";>bspidell=
@comcast.net</a>&gt; wrote:</p></div><blockquote style=3D'border:none;borde=
r-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;marg=
in-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=3DMsoNorma=
l style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I started with the=
 BCS kit, so I have the sealing washer on the dipstick, and I put a screw i=
n the hole in the oil filler cap (I didn't think solder would stick on the =
oily cap, and I wanted 'reversible' at the time). At idle, you can feel a v=
acuum if you put the palm of your hand over the oil filler hole (haven't tr=
ied it on the highway).</p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-to=
p-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On 3/21/2022 10:43 PM, i erbs wrote:=
</p></div><blockquote style=3D'margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><=
p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>=
Did you do anything else? Just ran the pvc to the manifold? That's it? What=
 about the hole in the oil cap? I have a bj8 manifold on my bt7 engine. I g=
et a lot of blowby into my rear air filter. Had Rocker arm checked...all go=
od.</p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margi=
n-bottom-alt:auto'>Ira Erbs<br>1959 AH 100-6<br>1967 MGB<br>Milwaukie, Or</=
p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-mar=
gin-bottom-alt:auto'>&nbsp;</p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-=
margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 5:31 =
PM Bob Spidell &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bspidell@comcast.net";>bspidell@comcast=
.net</a>&gt; wrote:</p></div><blockquote style=3D'border:none;border-left:s=
olid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5=
.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'ms=
o-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Here's how my mechanic di=
d it. Best to balance both carbs, but using the <br>unused port on the mani=
fold works OK too.&nbsp; I ran that way for many <br>years; the thread is s=
ome sort of Brit thread, I drilled and tapped it <br>for an American one.<b=
r><br>On 3/21/2022 10:51 AM, Michael DiVito via Healeys wrote:<br>&gt; Plan=
ning to install a PCV on my BJ8 and having trouble finding the right hardwa=
re to connect to the manifold. The plug in the manifold where I will connec=
t the PCV is 3/8=E2=80=9D with a fine thread pattern. Does anyone know wher=
e I might purchase a suitable connector which has the correct 3/8=E2=80=9D =
threaded end for the manifold connection and a 1/2=E2=80=9D barbed end for =
connection to the PCV?&nbsp; Also if anyone has already done a PCV install =
advice appreciated.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Michael P. DiVito</p></blockquote></div=
></blockquote><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-mar=
gin-bottom-alt:auto'>&nbsp;</p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-marg=
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