Breather cleaner?

GreenMonster48

GreenMonster48

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My truck has a ton of blowby and the breather cap is loaded with oil now. I put a new cheapo Chinese one on there about five years ago. I don't mind paying the 12 or so bucks for a new one, but I was wondering if there was an easy way to clean this one out?
 
Don't know what kind of filter medium is in your cap but mine I just soak in gasoline or some other kind of solvent. I guess if your cap is cheap enough it might dissolve your filter medium no matter what you use to clean it. You can only try and see what happens. Worse case senario is you spring 12 bucks for a new one.:cool:
 
That's what I was thinking. I should have kept the original one and modified it. The replacement one is off by 90 degrees :rolleyes:
 
Green,
Make sure your road breather pipe is not clogged up. When I took mine off before overhaul it was full of crap. Too, you should have a proper breather cap. It is designed to create a little air pressure into the crankcase to push the fumes from the crankcase through the road breather.
 
Old Henry said:
Don't know what you mean by yours being 90 degrees off. Here's the one I bought to replace mine that is identical to the original: http://macsautoparts.com/early-v8-f...95-hp-48-6766-b/camid/F30/cp/JS0R3CHL1075073/
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My breather is different than that one. Where the old one used to say 'Front' and had the shield on it, the new one is turned about 90 degrees from where it's supposed to be. I guess I could just turn the tube, but it doesn't seem right to me to have to do that.
 
Shadetree said:
Green,
Make sure your road breather pipe is not clogged up. When I took mine off before overhaul it was full of crap. Too, you should have a proper breather cap. It is designed to create a little air pressure into the crankcase to push the fumes from the crankcase through the road breather.
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I checked that already. It was grimey, but still had plenty of room to flow. Thanks
 
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