Breather?

[seidl488]

what is the purpose of a breather, where does it go, what do you do with it?

[watkins]

Its to breath, it goes where something needs to breath, you attach it.

Not to sound like an a*s, but it really is that self-explanatory.

[seidl488]

okay, well what needs to breath? any examples of where they go?

[hstanton]

Back in the day, they were on the valve covers of almost every American V8 to allow the crankcase to breath. Not all pimped out like the photo but the same thing in principle.
I've got installed on the end of my BOV (I converted stock BPV ghetto style) of arguable benefit.

[SaabHat93]

Originally Posted by hstanton

Back in the day, they were on the valve covers of almost every American V8 to allow the crankcase to breath.

Positive crankcase ventilation system?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCV_valve

[hstanton]

The valves started popping up in the 60's. Prior to that most breathers were basically a 'catch can' with a tube pointed down.
We'd pull the valves because at higher RPMS(4500+) they did not allow enough air to move through the system. Made for a messy engine bay, but on the plus side, never had any rust either.

[Troll_speed]

Originally Posted by watkins

Its to breath, it goes where something needs to breath, you attach it.

Not to sound like an a*s, but it really is that self-explanatory.

Boooooo.

[NickTaliaferro]

Just leave the stock system on the 2.3i you have. It is just fine. Those are even a joke on the ricer cars.