Superchargers pressurizes the intake air above atmospheric pressures - the
hollow part is made of some sort of metal alloy - Aluminum?
Not plastic - Sounds right to me!!

What's the reason that you're dismantling engine parts??

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"Nate Nagel" > wrote in message
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> I'm currently still working on the girlie's Corrado G60... reason for
> current thrash is a bad noise from some belt driven accessory, combined
> with copious amounts of oil throughout the intake piping, supercharger,
> intercooler, etc.
>
> I have removed a big square breather looking thing from the valve cover.
> It for all the world looks like some kind of PCV valve assembly but it
> is perfectly hollow inside, and is essentially a big hollow passage. I
> am thinking that this can't possibly be correct, because then when the
> return line to the SC intake is pressurized (as can happen at closed
> throttle/high RPM) the crankcase would then be pressurized. Am I right?
> I'm guessing I need to buy a new one but would like confirmation
> before I do so.
>
> Bentley manual, online searches show nothing... "a certain program"
> shows this part as a "pressure regulating valve" and this one certainly
> does not regulate pressure, so I'm thinking that a previous owner gutted
> it for unknown reasons, and also for unknown reasons no mechanic has
> caught the error?
>
> thanks,
>
> nate
>
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