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How does oil get into breather?

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Old January 21st, 2014 | 12:24 PM
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Default How does oil get into breather?
'95 Chevy half ton. 5.0 TBI. Not understanding how oil is getting up and cloggin up my air filter. Not really cloggin it up but it's a noticeable amount.
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Old January 21st, 2014 | 5:38 PM
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Are you seeing liquid oil in the air cleaner housing yet?


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Old January 21st, 2014 | 8:54 PM
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clogged pcv valve or pcv orfice is one way. excess blowby gases that the pvc system can't handle is another.
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Old January 22nd, 2014 | 6:16 AM
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Originally Posted by tech2
clogged pcv valve or pcv orfice is one way. excess blowby gases that the pvc system can't handle is another.
And 99 times out of a 100, it's the later.

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