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Old 03-30-2008, 12:27 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by LostCause View Post
The whole crankcase discussion is nice...I had never thought of that. In a multicylinder engine, isn't it kind of a moot point? When one piston descends, another rises. There shouldn't be any compression/expansion going on. The PCV valve exists solely for piston blow-by...


- LostCause
That's a good point - (slaps forehead) and a bit of oversight on my part I imagine there'd be a tiny tiny pressure gradient given the piston velocities, but nothing to get bunched p about
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