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Elephant trunk breather
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<blockquote data-quote="youngjohn" data-source="post: 86926" data-attributes="member: 2185"><p>The valve shown by Vibrac is similar to the one I use in the breather cap, but there are a few reasons why I made the valve in an inspection cover.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, Vibrac's valve would be great on a racer, but for me the aesthetics of a valve within a cap are more appealing for a road bike. Secondly, a PCV works better the nearer it is to the engine - located in the cap places it as near as is possible. Thirdly, the valve within this type of PCV has a very light spring, but much of the valves closing pressure is provided by the weight of the 'plunger' inside the casing so it needs too be positioned sufficiently upright so that gravity helps to close the valve, or the operating efficiency is much reduced. There are quite a few different spring/plunger weights inside identical valve casings depending on their original application. I tried a lot of different valves before I settled on one which gave the best results. Too weak a valve and it doesn't work, too strong and it can create too much vacuum within the cases which is undesirable.</p><p></p><p>This was just a project for my bikes, I got interested so spent time researching and working on it. I never intended to 'go into production', but I was asked by a few people to make them one so have produced a few batches when I have time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="youngjohn, post: 86926, member: 2185"] The valve shown by Vibrac is similar to the one I use in the breather cap, but there are a few reasons why I made the valve in an inspection cover. Firstly, Vibrac's valve would be great on a racer, but for me the aesthetics of a valve within a cap are more appealing for a road bike. Secondly, a PCV works better the nearer it is to the engine - located in the cap places it as near as is possible. Thirdly, the valve within this type of PCV has a very light spring, but much of the valves closing pressure is provided by the weight of the 'plunger' inside the casing so it needs too be positioned sufficiently upright so that gravity helps to close the valve, or the operating efficiency is much reduced. There are quite a few different spring/plunger weights inside identical valve casings depending on their original application. I tried a lot of different valves before I settled on one which gave the best results. Too weak a valve and it doesn't work, too strong and it can create too much vacuum within the cases which is undesirable. This was just a project for my bikes, I got interested so spent time researching and working on it. I never intended to 'go into production', but I was asked by a few people to make them one so have produced a few batches when I have time. [/QUOTE]
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