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Old 10-04-2006, 03:49 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by alerored04 View Post
why? it vents out of the motor not into it.

Acutally, it does vent into the motor. Air is drawn through that PCV breather tube, the crankcase, back up the other side and goes through the PCV valve and the gasses get burned by the engine. That's how the PCV (Positive Crankcase Ventilation) system works.
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