I saw evidence that indeed, oil was blowing out the dipstick (but the
cardboard I put under the car last night revealed multiple leaks this
morning!). My compression test showed high compression across all the
cylinders, and after running, the compressions were all within +-2 pounds
of each other (right at 120).
My thoughts are that either I have a bad oil ring or that the oil is too
thin. I hope that the oil is just too thin. I need to change it again
anyway, as I'm sure there's a lot of crud building up in it. The spark
plugs were wet (that was before I did my fuel system maintenance) and I
can't remember if it was oil or gas. Probably oil, since that's more
expensive to repair than too much gas. Some higher force just doesn't
want me driving a Midget. ;-)
Thanks,
adrian
"William M. Gilroy" wrote:
> Reminds me of my free 77 Midget. My car ran real badly and one
> of the problems turned out to be the dizzy was really worn. Frank C.
> was kind enough to swap my worn dizzy with one that was in much better
> shape. Then I got the engine better tuned, timed etc. What happened
> next was when the car ran closer to spec. and when I revved it above
> 2K I had so much blow by that the oil would spurt out of the
> dipstick. It would land on the exhaust pipe and burn off in a small
> cloud. A compression test revealed that the following number:
> 1 = 110 PSI, 2 = 40 PSI, 3 = 60 PSI and 4 = 160 PSI.
>
> So I replaced the engine with another one. Still have to rebuild
> the original engine, but time is very tight. So a compression test
> might give you some insight, but if the oil is coming out the dipstick
> I can think of two things: bad rings or overfilled the oil.
>
> The car also takes 20W-50.
>
> Later,
>
> Bill
> E-mail: wmgilroy@lucent.com
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