K&N Vavle Cover Crankcase Breather problem

[2002_red_gts]

I recently bought a K&N crankcase breather that mount on my valve cover after reading some post about the pros of having one. Well I took the car out yesterday and road it pretty ******* my way to the gym. When I got there I notice some smoke coming from under the hood on the passenger side where the breather is. I open the hood and found what seems to be oil coming out of the filter portion of the breather and it seems to be running down on to the heat shield. Its not a lot but enough to make some smoke. The filter its self on the breather is starting to stain with oil and discolor. The valve covers do have a splash shield in them so what could cause this? Will just driving the car hard do this? Or should I just take it off?

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Junk it and go with this.
http://jmbperformance.com/store/index.php?cPath=22_148_97&osCsid=f65e4eb1d1f89557eab5af59c44e4644

If you track get one for each side.

 

[anaconda666]

Junk it and go with this.
http://jmbperformance.com/store/inde...b5af59c44e4644

Because this system breathes out to the atmosphere, don't you get an oil smell? I am looking for a system for my 98 GTS with a Paxton.

 

[DrumrBoy]

I use the one Chuck recommended, no hassles at all. The problem with the one you have, I think, is that splashed oil actually reaches the breather element, soaks it, and then drips out. I solved the issue on another car by adding a longer, baffled, stem......it looks stupid but it works. I went with works-and-doesn't-look-stupid on the Viper.

 

[2002_red_gts]

I use the one Chuck recommended, no hassles at all. The problem with the one you have, I think, is that splashed oil actually reaches the breather element, soaks it, and then drips out. I solved the issue on another car by adding a longer, baffled, stem......it looks stupid but it works. I went with works-and-doesn't-look-stupid on the Viper.

Yep that is just what is happening its splashing on the element collecting then dripping on the exhaust. So I should just chunk it?

 

[DrumrBoy]

I would since I don't know of a solution with decent aesthetics other than the remote system described above. On a BB Chevy it takes an hour or so to soak the breather, if you're up for the hassle, you could have two and change it frequently.....PITA compared to the remote system.