> While working on my 98 318 Dakota today, I noticed that off of each valve
> cover there is a long rubber hose tha goes to either the intake manifold
or
> the air intake hat. Can I remove either of these without having any
> engine/computer problems. The hose from the drivers side cover goes to the
> air intake hat. Can I remove that hose completely, cap off the hole on the
> air hat, and put a small breather in the hole on the valve cover? I know
that
> a vehicle likes cold air and I think that maybe by removing this hose, I
can
> slow the ingestion of hot air into the throttle body. Any Ideas would be
of
> great help.
I used to have a hose going from the driver's side valve cover, which ran
into my trucks stock air filter housing. When I fabbed up my 'PoBoy'
Homebrew cold air intake kit, I didnt use this hose going from the air hat
to the valve cover. I am using a GenIII air hat, probably the air hat like
you have on your 98 Dak; if you notice there is a little fitting molded into
the air hat, which I assume would be for a valve cover breather hose. I
plugged this hose fitting with a cap and bought a K&N breather. This K&N
breather is the all metal unit, which I would only suggest buying the all
metal unit cause the K&N breather with the rubber base will eventually
dry/heat rot over time and fall apart. The K&N breather I am using is all
metal and is the 'shielded' version; K&N Breather Filter PN#62-1520. I think
I paid somewhere around $20-$25 for it through Summit. Even though it is
chrome(I dont prefer chrome anything), it looks good under the hood. I think
you live close to me(Hammond, IN here), so if you wanna meet up and take a
look and a trial fit of the breather, let me know. Hope this helps.
Kyle
93 Dakota 4x4 V6
K&N Breather Filter(PN#62-1520; All Metal
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