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Re: oil leaking problem - dipstick tube

To: "Huw Upshall" <hupshall@triumphcars.com>
Subject: Re: oil leaking problem - dipstick tube
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:02:02 -0500
At 01:19 PM 2/17/02 -0800, Huw Upshall wrote:

>I've got an annoying problem...  Oil is coming out the dipstick tube,
>running down the side of the block and dripping onto my headers - It's
>making a stink and a nice blue cloud!
>
>Anybody got any ideas? 

Huw,

  Try doing a compression test.  My guess is that you have some really shot
rings and need to rebuild the eng.

John

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