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Re: oil pouring through the dipstick

To: "Robert E. Shlafer" <PilotRob@webtv.net>
Subject: Re: oil pouring through the dipstick
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:08:47 -0500
Cc: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
References: <9630-3F69B432-439@storefull-2176.public.lawson.webtv.net>
> Yeah, the flying dipstick thing is so much
> more "amusing" for sure!! Me.....I really think this is a case of
> excessive crank
> case pressure/blowby for one reason or
> another and I always suspect rings first,
> assuming adequate crankcase ventillation
> to begin with. But...I've been wrong!!
>
> Actually, I mistook "sticking" for "leaking"...sorry about that. A
> vacuum
> test should find a sticky valve in a heart-
> beat.

All depends on your perspective; as a spectator sport, I tend to favor the
live engine approach ;-)
David Lieb
1972 RWA Midget
2002 GTI for Trish to beat me at autocross with





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