Well, don't take what I'm saying as gospel. I know the crankcase ventilation flutes work better at venting crankcase pressures than the baffles on most engines, but I could totally buy them being too long originally. I would think trimming them would definitely fix the issue if they are too long. To be completely honest, on a 4.0L, the baffles will work just fine. Where you get into really scrutinizing design on crankcase vents is on high compression, high rpm stuff, forced induction applications, etc. For a "stock" or "stockish" motor, it doesn't matter as much.