[Mini] Oil spitting

[Anne]

Hi Tom,

I haven't tried, but just to make sure I understand;

you mean
remove the air filter,
disconnect the breather hose
hold my fingers in front of the carb,
then atatch the hose again
and check if there is suction from within the carb?

Anne.


On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Tom Francis <tfrancis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have you tried checking with your finger to see if there is an appreciable
> vacuum at the carb where the breather goes on?
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Anne <minilists at mibv.com> wrote:
>
>> The breather on the timing chain cover had to be removed because it's in
>> the way of the charger belt.
>> Not sure I somehting can be made to fit there...
>>
>> I hadn't considered the state of the engine yet :)
>> Could very well be that it's just not up to the job as it already has done
>> quite a few miles.
>> So yes, it's quite 'run in' :)
>>
>> I guess the compression test will definately show that.
>>
>> BTW, Any of you ever done a blow by test and if so; is it of any use next
>> to a compression test?
>>
>> Anne.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 7:09 PM, <belvenfish at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Anne,
>> >
>> > I don't think you ought to block the crankcase breather, you have
>> > obviously got too much crankcase pressure, so fit a hose into an open
>> tin
>> > to get the fumes out, alternatively into the inlet manifold if you can
>> or
>> > similar. I don't remember what you said about the state of the engine,
>> > could be worn piston rings.
>> >
>> > HTH
>> >
>> > Dr. Gernot Vonhoegen
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>> >   ------------------------------
>> >  *From:* Anne <minilists at mibv.com>
>> > *To:* Minilist (yahoo) <minilist at yahoogroups.com>; Mini List <
>> > mini-list at autox.team.net>
>> > *Sent:* Friday, 26 April 2013, 18:11
>> > *Subject:* [Mini] Oil spitting
>> >
>> > After the fuel issues was sorted sorted and the clutch keeps working
>> fine
>> > with the washer installed, it was time for the Van to think of another
>> > symptom to come up with.
>> >
>> > First it tried to impress me with a fairly lack of improvement in bhp or
>> > torque (+ 4 and + 10 after fitting the charger), but as that did not
>> work,
>> > it started to throw out the engine oil.
>> >
>> > Although initially not directly a problem, I had a look at where all
>> that
>> > oil was coming from.
>> > From the pattern it looked like it was being pushed out of the dipstick
>> > hole. The stick was not really sticking anymore; just lying in there.
>> >
>> > After I 'solved' this by plugging the dipstick hole, the oil found other
>> > ways to get out of the block.
>> > Somewhere behind the distributor and also a bit past the oilfiller cap.
>> > That did become a problem, and not just because it really DOES need oil,
>> > but also because it was now spitting it over the hot parts of the
>> engine,
>> > resulting in nasty blue smoke getting into the cabin.
>> >
>> > Or at least I think that is what that smoke was. At least it is very
>> clear
>> > it's spitting out the oil in places it shoudln't.
>> >
>> > Pictures as always can be found here;
>> > http://goo.gl/9400P
>> >
>> > Assuming the remaing crankcase breather (on the clutch side) was
>> blocked I
>> > took it off the carb nd checked it. Unforunately (would have been an
>> easy
>> > fix most likely) there is no blockage on either the engine nor carb
>> side.
>> >
>> > Any hints as to what can be done to figure out where the problem is?
>> >
>> > Anne.
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