[winterhawk]

Not sure about how to route the hoses for the PCV system on my Nova's 350 V-8. I'm getting blow by out of the breather caps and i'm sure it's not hooked up correctly as i've done nothing but fix a lot of mistakes on this ride since i got it home.

[cobalt327]

HERE is a link to a diagram of a basic PCV system.

Generally speaking, the PCV valve goes in one valve cover and is routed to the base of the carb where there is usually a port for this purpose. The other valve cover has a fresh air intake that draws filtered air from the air filter housing or a separate filter.

[winterhawk]

Originally Posted by cobalt327

HERE is a link to a diagram of a basic PCV system.

Generally speaking, the PCV valve goes in one valve cover and is routed to the base of the carb where there is usually a port for this purpose. The other valve cover has a fresh air intake that draws filtered air from the air filter housing or a separate filter.

Thanks for the tip, i think i know what to do with it now. The routing on my power plant was correct coming from the pcv breather cap to the base of the carb,but the guy i bought the car from ,did'nt hook up the breather on the other side of the valve cover to the air breather. Thanks again

[cobalt327]

Originally Posted by winterhawk

Thanks for the tip, i think i know what to do with it now. The routing on my power plant was correct coming from the pcv breather cap to the base of the carb,but the guy i bought the car from ,did'nt hook up the breather on the other side of the valve cover to the air breather. Thanks again

You are quite welcome.

To clarify, you can use a filtered breather on the opposite side from the PCV valve- it doesn't have to have a hose to the air cleaner housing, necessarily- but there does need to be something that will allow filtered air into the opposite side fron the PCV valve.

Good luck.