Breather Valve?

[Lofty]

What happens if a bit of moisture gets in there?
Will it hyrdolock my engine?

 

[the_mork]

nope, it takes quite a bit of fluid to hydrolock an engine.

 

[Lofty]

nope, it takes quite a bit of fluid to hydrolock an engine.

Okay cool
Thanks
-Scott

 

[the_mork]

Don't let a bunch of water in there though, engine oil and water don't mix well and it could do damage to your bearings, a little bit wil probably be okay but if you are allowing water in there often then that is a bad thing. I assume this is in connection with your catch can project but some more information would be helpful to know how much of a problem there might be. If you are just talking about having a filter on the end of it then it really isn't any worse than having a bad vc gasket or running an open element air filter. If you are for some reason squirting water into your breather then thats not very good. Keep in mind also that one way to reduce carbon buildup on an engine is to stick a vacuum line in a can of water (or automatic transmission fluid) and rev the engine.

 

[Lofty]

No, I blew into one of my catch cans lines to check if it was airtight, and you know how you get condensation from your breath, well I started it and it went just fine.
Thank you for your fast responses

 

[1992awdlaser]

nope, it takes quite a bit of fluid to hydrolock an engine.

You don't need a lot of water to hydrolcok a cylinder. You only need enough water to fill the cylinder when the piston is at tdc. If you have enough to fill it up when it's at tdc the rod will most likely bend from it since liquid can't be compressed.

 

[Lofty]

Well it was moisture, not so much liquid. So this is minuscule amounts.
It ran fine though, so its all good

Thanks everyone.

 

[the_mork]

By quite a bit I meant more than someone could really describe as moisture. Perhaps 10cc per cylinder or more.