dip stick?
08-26-2007, 04:33 PM
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dip stick?
hey i was driving my car the other day for about an 1hr and when i go home i pop the hood and my dip stick is out and oil is all over my motor. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?????
08-27-2007, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by s2k dre,Aug 27 2007, 12:52 AM
thats from crankcase pressure.
08-27-2007, 10:23 AM
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Shouldn't the OEM crankcase ventilation system have enough "exit" to prevent this from happening?
Search and you'll find posts about putting the dipstick in turned 180 degrees (not upside down
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That way it is more wedged in.
Check the 2 o-rings (mine are green).
Search and you'll find posts about putting the dipstick in turned 180 degrees (not upside down
)That way it is more wedged in.
Check the 2 o-rings (mine are green).
08-27-2007, 12:33 PM
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This happened to me with my Prelude, and I ended up going through lots of oil, before finally coming to the conclusion that I had collapsed rings. I got it all tore down and had more than just collapsed rings, I had broken rings, and missing rings, and burnt ring lands... I hope this isn't your fate, but just giving you my own experience. Run a compression chech. That will tell you a lot.
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08-27-2007, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by SpitfireS,Aug 27 2007, 10:23 AM
Search and you'll find posts about putting the dipstick in turned 180 degrees (not upside down )
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ive done this for 2 years now.
and Id like to fly a spitfire
