#86968, "RE: Sick of your beat up HRC K&N filter? Check inside for a better K&N option (pictures inside)!" In response to In response to 13 Jun-16-05 02:34 PM by KTECLIPSE
Originally posted by BRU_ce Yeah really... i was wondering why everyone goes through all that trouble when it's not even necessary. The only reason you would do it is because a filter would allow oil to splatter on the engine, but you can cure that pretty easily with a cheap $3 fuel filter (catch can).
This is true. You could avoid drilling the filter for the valve cover breather line and use a small crank case filter (K&N makes these also - http://www.knfilters.com/vent.htm ) on the vent. Personally, I wouldn't leave the vent with no filter attached. I would feel more comfortable running the breather to the filter or to a small crank case filter but that's just my opinion.
Just a word of warning before doing this, emissions laws state that the valve cover breather line must not be vented to the atmosphere (similar to BOVs, etc). It must be recycled through the engine and passed through the catalytic converter - whether the tech cares about this or the fact that there is a turbo on front of your engine is another issue .
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