Hello James,
Saturday, February 22, 2003, 6:04:04 PM, you wrote:
James> I am having a devil of a time with oil leaking out of the dipstick. I
James> replaced the felt thingy and spread the dipstick somewhat to make it fit
James> tighter but to no avail. I am still losing oil from here and it's
getting
James> all over my nice clean engine and new headers. Has anyone else had this
James> problem and if so, what is the solution.
Yes. My problem was really bad compression rings. I had so much
blow by, the crankcase would get pressurized, and at the higher RPMs
the oil would come out the dipstick. Made a real mess when it burnt
off the exhaust pipe.
Run a compression check and see what numbers you get.
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Best regards,
Bill mailto:w.gilroy@verizon.net
"The liver is evil, it must be punished"
77 Midget
02 Irish Terrier
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