QUOTE(Danieltt1956 @ Nov 12 2006, 07:17 PM)
Hi Everyone,
I recently purchased a 1975 2.0 Litre and I'm working on getting it to idle right, among a list of other things. The car came with an aftermarket air breather set up as shown in the picture below. My question is, isn't the engine supposed to have a pcv valve (as you can see the oil breather hose is just hanging out there)? If so, should it be connected to an oil trap? I'm looking for all the advice/tips that I can get as I'm on a steep learning curve and I heard that running a proper pcv system is essential to preventing oil leaks and other problems. I also have another question...since I no longer need to pass an emissions test on my car, can I disconnect the air pump to get a few more horses? Thanks in advance for your help. Daniel
Well, no help on your main question, but at least a
can't hurt.
About the air pump, yeah you can remove the whole system. Don't know how much power you gain, but it's nice just having it out of the way. You'll need to seal the air injector openings in the heads. I just brought one of the injectors (which come out just like a spark plug) to the hardware store and bought stainless screws that just barely bit into the inner bore of the injector. That plus high temp silicone sealed them up fine. Alternatively, someone posted last week a photo of some plugs he machined; maybe he's gonna sell them ?
Once you pull the air pump system, you can either keep it in a box for some future date when the car might need to be inspected, or sell it to someone who needs it for the same reason.
Andy