If your '63 has this type of PCV, it ain't original, or it ain't a '63.
('63s have a 1098cc engine with mechanical fuel pump and a hose going from
the valve cover to the front air cleaner only. No other PCV system, as that
didn't start until '64.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Webster <trunkie@hotmail.com>
To: otte@cats.ucsc.edu <otte@cats.ucsc.edu>
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: PCV needed?
>I have a 63 mkII sprite with no pollution crud and, what I believe to be,
>its original pcv system intact. It consists of a stiff hose coming 6 inches
>vertically up from the centre of the intake manifold to a 2inch circular,
>flat topped valve with a hose running from the frontside of that to the oil
>separator. It keeps the engine under negative pressure i.e partial vaccuum,
>with an oil cap that seals or almost seals so that if I remove the oil cap,
>the rpm increases.
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