Paul-

Looking at my 1985 TD, I'd say you would have to go to the dealer for the
PCV valve and intake junction. The perfect operation of this system is
vital; the early rabbits had scary problems with "run-away", (where excess
oil vapor from the crank case saturated the air filter and intake, then
mixed with the intake air stream and ran the motor far faster than the
throttle position would encourage). If you need a demo, spray a TINY little
burst of WD-40 into your intake with the motor running.
RrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

As far as venting these fumes to the atmosphere, I would strongly
discourage it. That vapor is laden with a lot of very unhealthy crap that
should be part of the combustion process. If you need convincing, run the
motor up to operating temp (hot), then remove the PCV fitting, cover the
opening with a white rag, then rev the motor to 2,500-3,500. You will find
in a matter of seconds an accumulation of black crap than your motor ought
to burn...half of us are asthmatic, and the other half are developing
breathing allergies, give us a break....

Cheers,

G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   Paul A. Cianciolo [SMTP:paulc@SNET.NET]
Sent:   Tuesday, September 28, 1999 10:19 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Breather for 1.9 Diesel connversion question

Hello Folks

I am very close to going to get my 1.9TD Vanagon registered.  I need to
attend to one more challange.
I cannot find a breather for the 1.9td and I do not want to go to the
dealer
unless it is a last result.

1) Has anyone ever used any other style oil seperator?

2) Can I just vent this to the atmosphere or do I need to break my intake
line to the turbo?

3) What might happen if I do just vent it to the atmosphere?

Thanks for the help

BTW I have been driving the Vanagon around the block and I must say this
thing really flies compared to
what I though it would be like.  Shifting point is important.  Must shift
at
a point where the rpm is still high enough in the next gear to keep the
turbo from spooling down.

Paulc
W1VLF
Cloudbounce Webpage  http://www.qsl.net/w1vlf/

1986 Vanagon Gas
1982 Vanagon Diesel  Turbo Diesel 1.9
GE Electrak E20 and E15  electric tractors