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>I have had this problem before.
>It always has been a result of a missing or bum PCV system.
>If the 1275 can not vent it's internal pressure it will blow oil out of
>the lower back side of the engine.
>If there is a crankcase ventilation system and it is faulty, the 1275
>will suck oil into the intake and smoke.
>I have an Austin A40 with a 1275 that gave me real headaches when it
>came to crankcase ventilation. Every engine seems to be different.
>I have 5 1275s on the road, 3 have just a PCV valve and are fine, 1 has
>nothing, it never leaked or smoked!, the Austin A40 has a filtered vent
>hole in the bottom of the block, a PCV from the timing cover, and a tube
>from the rocker cover to the intake side of the carb. And it needs it
>all or it blows oil. When the PCV spring got stuck it smoked like a
>chimney. And this is a fresh rebuild! Now that it has 3 vents, it is
>fine, no (well not much for an LBC)oil leak, and no oil burning.
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Has anyone tried the crankcase vent offered by Minimania for a 1275 that
bolts to where a mechanical fuel pump would go ?
Could this possibly eliminate the need for a PCV or would it just supplement
the ventilation ? Should I be the first lister to try it ?
Dave Fox
'67 Midget
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