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Old 02-08-2019, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Zulfiqar View Post
I have no empirical evidence of reducing this activity, but I did notice that this was a bit reduced when I resealed the breather caps on both valve covers - the passenger side one with the smaller breather hole clogs up completely and you will also see a similar mess in that breather cap usually accompanied by that cap leaking. The driver side cap with the larger hoses is usually very clean.

Follow the crankcase ventilation path. Air entering the crankcase will keep that area cleaner and the air out area will be sludged up, this is typical for any engine especially a V configuration.
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