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Re: ZS Dashpot oil Mystery...

To: "Denise & Glenn Swan" <glennanddenise@sprint.ca>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: ZS Dashpot oil Mystery...
From: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 15:55:21 -0400


In message <200008271925.PAA21464@hme0.mailrouter01.sprint.ca>you write:
>
>For the life of me I can't figure out what's happening to the oil in the 
>dashpot. I fill it about every 100 kilometers (60 miles).
>
>At the point I realize it needs filling, it looks bone dry. Am I doing any
>damage to the carb? Where might it be going? Can't tell if its leaking out
>or not, because I also seem to have a pretty good leak from the oil pan.
>Surprise, surprise.....
>
>I had the carb rebuilt about 1000 kilometers ago, but didn't have a problem
>until 2 or 300 kilometeers ago. Any ideas would be appreciated.

  Do you replace the O-ring in the dash pot during the rebuild.  It sounds
  like oil is leaking from the dash pot into the carb and being burned off.
  To replace the O-ring you will have to fish the star washer that is holding
  it down out with a thin stiff piece of wire with a "J" at the end.

  It is not hard just takes a while to fish the washer out.

Dave                                                  |\ |     | |      
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Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng.                           |/ |     | |      
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