Cam cover splash guard

[del mar]

Morning,

I am getting the covers powder coated, and removed the splash guard - it will hide all manner of blasting media, which will do the engine no favours.

It was riveted in place so drilled it out, is it essential to go back in ?

Thanks

del

[Spoonman]

Is the car a daily driver?

I ran RS Cosworths for years without a cam cover (including several years as daily drivers) but some people strongly advise against it.

Do ya feel lucky?

[GreenV8S]

Usually the splash guard serves to reduce the amount of oil spray carried out with breather gases. Up to you to decide whether that matters to you, but if you have a recirculating PCV system then any increased oil in the breather gases would end up burning in the engine - which isn't desirable.

[del mar]

Thank you.

It is not a daily driver, and yes the cover does go over the area where the breather pipe comes off.

It also circulates the oil vapour back through one of the air filters into the combustion chamber. I had thought of an oil catch tank as one air filter also needs changing quicker than the other !

[AW10]

Spoonman said:

Is the car a daily driver?

I ran RS Cosworths for years without a cam cover (including several years as daily drivers) but some people strongly advise against it.

Do ya feel lucky?

Massive difference between cam belt cover and cam cover!!!!

Ran a 77 Scirocco without a cam belt cover in heavy snow in the winter only to discover the belt skipped a tooth after hitting a snow drift. Thankfully no valves and pistons were harmed in that excursion.