Majoraslayer
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For once this isn't a practical question, just satisfying a personal curiosity.
Most of the engines I've seen in these trucks have an oil cap mounted directly on the valve cover, but occasionally I see OEM valve covers with a neck that sticks up at the oil fill. I've seen it more on Vortec engines than TBI engines, but it seems like I've seen them mixed in across both over time. I tracked down a set of these for my new Vortec heads because it looks like it may make it a little easier to fill the oil, but interestingly I never found any aftermarket valve covers that have it. I thought maybe it would be a part that screws into the other valve covers and then you can add the cap on top of it, but now that I have one it seems to actually be built into the cover itself.
What options of trucks had the filler neck vs. the cap attached directly to the cover? Was it 2WD vs. 4x4? 1500 vs. 2500 vs. 3500 etc.? When I see others post pics with them I rarely see specific truck info alongside their engine questions, so I'm curious why some engines got it and some didn't. My truck was originally a 2WD with a 305 and no filler neck prior to my engine/frame swap, but has had a few random TBI 350 engines swapped in since then. None of the TBI 350 engines I've had came with the filler neck, and I've seen a lot of Vortecs that didn't have it either.
Most of the engines I've seen in these trucks have an oil cap mounted directly on the valve cover, but occasionally I see OEM valve covers with a neck that sticks up at the oil fill. I've seen it more on Vortec engines than TBI engines, but it seems like I've seen them mixed in across both over time. I tracked down a set of these for my new Vortec heads because it looks like it may make it a little easier to fill the oil, but interestingly I never found any aftermarket valve covers that have it. I thought maybe it would be a part that screws into the other valve covers and then you can add the cap on top of it, but now that I have one it seems to actually be built into the cover itself.
What options of trucks had the filler neck vs. the cap attached directly to the cover? Was it 2WD vs. 4x4? 1500 vs. 2500 vs. 3500 etc.? When I see others post pics with them I rarely see specific truck info alongside their engine questions, so I'm curious why some engines got it and some didn't. My truck was originally a 2WD with a 305 and no filler neck prior to my engine/frame swap, but has had a few random TBI 350 engines swapped in since then. None of the TBI 350 engines I've had came with the filler neck, and I've seen a lot of Vortecs that didn't have it either.