摘要 |
A crankcase breather for an internal combustion engine has a housing including inlet ports which receive crankcase emissions from the engine, and an outlet port which directs oil-free gases back to the engine. A pair of filter elements are supported in the housing in adjacent relation. One filter element is a course filter to remove larger particulate in the emissions. The other filter element is a finer filter to remove smaller particulate, and to coalesce oil. A sump channel under the elements collects oil coalescing on the elements, and a drain opening in the channel to returns the oil to the engine. A second sump collects oil coalescing on the downstream surface of the second filter. An outlet port with a check valve in the second sump prevents oil being drawn into the breather on the clean side of the elements, but allows collected oil to drain back to the engine.
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