To: | "Robert E. Shlafer" <PilotRob@webtv.net> |
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Subject: | Re: oil pouring through the dipstick |
Date: | Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:08:47 -0500 |
Cc: | "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net> |
References: | <9630-3F69B432-439@storefull-2176.public.lawson.webtv.net> |
> Yeah, the flying dipstick thing is so much > more "amusing" for sure!! Me.....I really think this is a case of > excessive crank > case pressure/blowby for one reason or > another and I always suspect rings first, > assuming adequate crankcase ventillation > to begin with. But...I've been wrong!! > > Actually, I mistook "sticking" for "leaking"...sorry about that. A > vacuum > test should find a sticky valve in a heart- > beat. All depends on your perspective; as a spectator sport, I tend to favor the live engine approach ;-) David Lieb 1972 RWA Midget 2002 GTI for Trish to beat me at autocross with |
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