bloody mechanic left breather off!!!

[Boagie]

hey guys,greetings from exmouth!--well the big girl didnt miss a beat coming up here,she was loaded with a camper trailer that weighs in at app 650-700kgs and a pay load on tray of app 500kgs.add to that 2 full tanks of diesel and she has some mass.my economy at the moment is aprox 14-15 ltrs per 100,not too bad i reckon--i have been driving in 5th on the flat flat bits aswell.i did notice when i got here the pcv hose had been left off(i could smell a slight oily smell)---would this cause the engine to use more diesel?--i not really sure if it would make any difference???--anyhow seen plenty of nice patrols around here--will put some pics up when back in a couple of weeks!!!!:harhar:

[YNOT]

No it wouldn't affect fuel consumption. Is your engine naturally aspirated or factory turbo?

Tony

[TuffTD42]

Actually having the breather off would be better for the engine especially if it's turboed. No oil gunking up your compressor & helping to slow the spool rate.

[YNOT]

Actually having the breather off would be better for the engine especially if it's turboed. No oil gunking up your compressor & helping to slow the spool rate.

One problem with that idea and the reason I asked if he had a factory turbo - on factory turbo TD42 the PCV pickup point is post air filter so the engine would be drawing in unfiltered air.

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx224/tonyh01/SafariAutechengine.jpg

On N/A TD42 with standard air filter the PCV pickup point is pre-filter so it wouldn't be an issue.

Tony

[TuffTD42]

Yes good point tony, I have my PCV inlet blanked off, I put it in the same place as your pic when I made up the intake pipe work for the turbo. need to get around to making a catch can & new inlet pipe minus PCV inlet. Sorry for the bum steer was thinking of my own set up where it's been blanked off.

[Boagie]

No it wouldn't affect fuel consumption. Is your engine naturally aspirated or factory turbo?

Tony

natural mate ---no bloody turbo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!