Topic: 20r oil from breather filter

[Yotaoverland]

I recently did a minor rebuild on my 20r. Gaskets, seals and timing chain set up. A friend of mine suggested capping off the front breather hole on the valve cover and just putting a filter on the rear. Yesterday I noticed oil bubbling out of the filter. I assume I should not cap off the front hole?
I've noticed some guys put a hose from the rear hole to the air cleaner.

[jimbo74]

you may have blow by from worn piston rings or valve seats....

[Yotaoverland [OP]]

you may have blow by from worn piston rings or valve seats....

I'm hoping that's not the case..

[jimbo74]

if the baffle under the valve cover is there, there is really no reason oil should be splashing up and able to saturate that filter

[Yotaoverland [OP]]

if the baffle under the valve cover is there, there is really no reason oil should be splashing up and able to saturate that filter

I'll check that. A friend of mine helped rebuild it, and I'm wondering if maybe it got taken off and not put back on.

[Yotaoverland [OP]]

if the baffle under the valve cover is there, there is really no reason oil should be splashing up and able to saturate that filter

So today I was able to take a look at the truck. I went out and took the filter off the valve cover and the unblocked the front hole (pcv?)
and turned the truck on. I felt a decent amount of pressure coming out. I read some other blow by threads, some in which you commented.
You mentioned that engines are just a compressor and are sealed. Maybe I just have a bad pcv or baffle? I don't want to misdiagnose the issue
and end up blowing the motor.

[emsvitil]

Put a hose and a catch can on it and see how much oil comes out.

A DIY version should be fine.