Air cleaner vent

[press lean and roll]

When buying a new air cleaner should you get one where it vents through the bolts back into the air cleaner or vents externally?

 

[Jeff Klarich]

Mine is vented to the atmosphere and I no longer get the oily mess in the throttle body and my IAC is clean as a whistle. IMHO you should consider venting externally.

 

[Jeff Klarich]

Take a look at this thread, I don't use a catch can or filter and never have any problem with oil

drops.http://www.hdtimeline.com/threads/crankcase-breathers.57959/

 

[Breeze3at]

I prefer venting to atmosphere. Less gunk in the throttle body.

 

[press lean and roll]

Thank you for the replys. I read through an old thread where people are modifying screaming eagle air cleaners.
FYI If you get the R and R air cleaner you don't have to modify it to vent to atmosphere.

 

[Jeff Klarich]

Thank you for the replys. I read through an old thread where people are modifying screaming eagle air cleaners.
FYI If you get the R and R air cleaner you don't have to modify it to vent to atmosphere.

The issue isn't the air cleaner it's the backing plate. As long as you can modify the breather bolts or use the barbed fittings as pictured in the thread I posted you should be good to go.

I'm not familiar with the R & R air cleaner setup.

 

[press lean and roll]

The issue isn't the air cleaner it's the backing plate. As long as you can modify the breather bolts or use the barbed fittings as pictured in the thread I posted you should be good to go.

I'm not familiar with the R & R air cleaner setup.

The vents are outside the backing plate on the R and R air cleaner.

 

[gator508]

I recently modified mine following the above thread, I didn't use any catch pot just vented to the atmosphere. Easy to do, just got some 5/16 id tubing lead from each breather bolt into a T fitting and then down to the frame tied off with a tygon strip.