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Re: help!! chevy 283 what the heck is this and can i remove it?
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Originally Posted by geezer#99
It's part of the old style road draft tube. That's the baffle part. If you follow it it comes out beside your distributor. Original motors had a road draft tube attached to the hole beside the distributor. The tube ran down behind the motor. It was the original way to get the fumes out of your motor until the modern pcv system came along.
If you're gonna use a pcv on your valve cover then remove the canister and plug the hole beside the distributor. There's a threaded bolt hole inside that makes it easy to build a cap and seal it.
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Originally Posted by LDO
I removed mine during the rebuild and the machine shop installed a freeze plug. My intake has the oil fill tube and vented cap and the valve covers I'm using have vent and PCV valve ports.
I suppose you could also place a grommet and PCV valve in the hole and run that to your carb if you wanted. I just opted for the freeze plug since my other components provided sufficient crankcase venting.
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