Re: closed/open vent system

> While tinkering with my '65 Galaxie today, I noticed that on the left front > I have my oil filler cap that is chrome and has a filter in it with small > holes all the way around. No vent tube coming from it. I had never paid any > attention to the fact that my right valve cover has no cap on it. Since this > is now a closed ventilation system, shouldnt the left side have a pcv tube > going from the oil filler cap into the breather assembly? Why I never > noticed this before I dunno, just started observing minor blowby today and > then the lack of any forward motion vacuum caught my eye from the solid > valve cover.

Some of the early 60's Fords have a PCV valve in the back of the intake manifold, not the valve cover. Check for plumbing and an inline valve at the back of the intake manifold.

Gerard

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