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Re: Dipstick leaks

To: dano@n-jcenter.com
Subject: Re: Dipstick leaks
From: npenney <npenney@erols.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 16:37:56 -0800
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
>       I have a minor problem with my 77 Spitfire.  Oil seems to be coming up
>from the oil dipstick tube area - the dipstick is not stoping it.  Two
>questions, is this normal, and what material to I use to replace that seal
>around the dipstick that seems to have deteriorated?

Check your PCV valve.  Sounds like engine blowby is forcing itself up the 
dipstick tube.



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