Ahhhh...don't worry about it. (It's not like I never changed the oil and
forgot to put the drain plug back on.) ;)
- Bernd
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From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re[2]: DML: RE: Crankcase Breather Filter/Thing
SON-OF-A-B! Thanks Bernd! I had the G.D. thing backwards... Don't I feel
like a <insert nasty words here>! I'll pick-up a new one when I get a
chance
as the bad boy that's in there now is stone cold dead.
Thanks again for straightening me out!
Tom
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Subject: RE: DML: RE: Crankcase Breather Filter/Thing
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
Date: 3/25/00 1:32 PM
The PCV Valve (little black thingy) is on the passenger side, the breather
(big black thingy) is on the driver side. You want a picture of it?? (If
this is on a '97-up, that's where they are.)
The little plunger (about 1.5" tall with a 3/8" opening) is the PCV valve.
If it vibrates, change it.
- Bernd
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From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of fawcett@uism.bu.edu
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 1:16 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Crankcase Breather Filter/Thing
No, no, no... ;-) The PCV valve is on the drivers side and connects to the
airhat. This thingy is on the *passenger side* valve cover at about the
same
spot (towards the rear) and connects to the TB directly and not via the
airhat... I checked my FSM and it says that's were a crankcase breather
*filter* would go and then it turns around and says a crankcase breather
filter
is no longer used on the magnum engines? What the hell is this thing then?
I'm getting the feeling this belongs on the X-Files or something! ;-) I
went
out and fired up the engine again and held the thingy... The SOB actually
vibrates while the engine warms up... It's like it has a slide plunger or
piston just like a PCV valve does but it's on the other side of the engine.
I'm confused! WHAT IS THIS THING! ;-)
Tom
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Subject: DML: RE: Crankcase Breather Filter/Thing
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
Date: 3/25/00 12:36 PM
If you're referring to the black "thingy" on the driver-side valve cover
that
connects to the air hat, yup...that's the crankcase breather. Take it out
and shake it. If it rattles, it's broken and you can purchase a new one
(Fram) from PepBoys for about $8.00. If it doesn't rattle, you've got a
different problem.
(All that's in there is a baffle and some foam/wire mesh to filter the oil
vapors which in turn get sucked into the intake system (emissions stuff).
I've taken one apart and that's ALL that's in there.
- Bernd
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From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of fawcett@uism.bu.edu
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 12:10 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Crankcase Breather Filter/Thing
Anybody notice that the crankcase breather filter/thing rattles like a
son-of-a-gun when you first start the truck? Note: They call it a filter
but
I can't see how this thing (looks like a PCV valve but it's on the opposite
valve cover from the PCV) filters anything.
It's louder than the lifters, combustion, fan or anything else under my
hood.
Have I got a problem or is this normal?
Tom
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