I am assuming that this breather is just a crank case vent - you should be
able to run it directly to the air filter - you need some sort of filter on
it as air puffs in and out of your engine.  On the 2.0L installs where
people are using CIS with a warm up regulator, one usually just blocks this
vent off.  As long as the valve cover is vented you will not have a problem.

I wonder if you can do what most race cars do - when ever they shift gears,
you usually see a big flame come out of the exhaust and a tremendous back
fire!  What happens is they usually dump fuel into the very hot exhaust
manifold to create a back fire when the clutch is in - thus keeping the
turbo charger spooled up until there is enough exhust to keep the boost
pressure up.  This would not be too good for street driving unless you have
a tailgater you REALLY need to get off your back!  I found Diesels were
pretty good for this anyhow - the Diesel Caddy I used to own was perfect
for tailgaters going up a hill.  I would hold it in 4th until the engine
was really struggling and then drop it into 3rd - POOF!  A huge cloud of
black smoke would roll out... ahh those were the days!

At 10:19 PM 28/09/1999 -0400, Paul A. Cianciolo wrote:
>Hello Folks
>
>I am very close to going to get my 1.9TD Vanagon registered.  I need to
>attend to one more challange.
>I cannot find a breather for the 1.9td and I do not want to go to the dealer
>unless it is a last result.
>
>1) Has anyone ever used any other style oil seperator?
>
>2) Can I just vent this to the atmosphere or do I need to break my intake
>line to the turbo?
>
>3) What might happen if I do just vent it to the atmosphere?
>
>Thanks for the help
>
>BTW I have been driving the Vanagon around the block and I must say this
>thing really flies compared to
>what I though it would be like.  Shifting point is important.  Must shift at
>a point where the rpm is still high enough in the next gear to keep the
>turbo from spooling down.
>
>
>
>Paulc
>W1VLF
>Cloudbounce Webpage  http://www.qsl.net/w1vlf/
>
>1986 Vanagon Gas
>1982 Vanagon Diesel  Turbo Diesel 1.9
>GE Electrak E20 and E15  electric tractors
>
>

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