Installing a Breather

[aknight_sa]

hi all,

is there a reason why someone will install a breather on the valve cover rather than routing a hose to the air filter?

when should that be done? and are there any benafits?

Thanks,?

 

[badmix]

Sure. Im runnin open element air filter assembly on my carb'd 84 K5, once you take off stock air filter box, ya have to do something with the breather.

 

[southernspeed]

I've run breathers on the rockers like Madmoocow...I mean badmix says with an open element filter but when it's hot and your moving slow you can get quite a lot that 'hot oil smell' in the cab.

 

[FWP]

There's another reason for me- In a rollover, if you route the breather hose up and around the motor to just below the other head, you will not puke oil from the valve covers when you are upside down.