German Engineering at its finest

[Darcydog]

Originally Posted by baxlin

My second car was a 1953 side valve Ford Anglia, which used about a pint of oil every 30 miles or so, and pushed blue smoke out of the breather, unfortunately coming into the cabin.

So I attached a flexy pipe to the breather, strung it under the car, to exit out the rear through a short length of exhaust,to match the existing tailpipe.

Twin exhausts, both belching out pretty blue pollution.......

On my 105E I extended the breather down through the engine bay to avoid this.

On my motorbikes it was a normal modification to fix a pipe from the breather so the fumes lubricated the chain and sprocket.

It seemed to work.