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red914 |
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...i believe in coyotes and time as an abstract... ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 862 Joined: 8-February 04 From: poulsbo, washington Member No.: 1,641 ![]() |
well, i have some ideas, but they are not good. it looks like it is coming out of the dipstick tube, or around the breather box (?) under the oil filler neck. it is not leaking a huge amount, just getting the top of the engine wet, with some oil pooling on the engine tin.
i have replaced the gasket between the engine and the breather box thing. that seemed to do it, but only for short drives. today went about 20 miles, and fresh oil was on top of the engine. it seems to be coming out laterally, and not really spraying all over; just flows around after it is down. any ideas? thanks ahead of time. |
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3d914 |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,275 Joined: 24-September 03 From: Benson, AZ Member No.: 1,191 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
Shane,
If I can deviat for a moment and get back to your question; The dip stick is a viable source of the leak - especially if there has been any fix there in the past. Some others to look at are:
I have gone around with all of these, and recently pulled the engine to trace a leak that ended up being plastic ring that holds the plastic blow-by valve in the filler base. Thankfully I had a spare, and needed to do some other engine maint as well. My suggestion is that while you're in there addressing the dip stick tube, get yourself a tube of grey gasket sealer. As you replace each gasket, oring, etc use the sealer. That is the only way I have found to keep this @*@**$^*$) design in check. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) And don't even get me started on the ^%$@^$ bail-wire crap used to hold the filler base in place. It may be necessary to remove it, rebend the tips that fit into the case (thereby shortening it a little - making it tighter) and re-install. Good luck, |