At 06:21 PM 2/7/00 -0800, Dave Bayer wrote: >Right, > >Is there any magic to changing seals that I am missing? I don't have a lot of experience with your particular model, but I'll bet you have pressure in the cralkcase, which is forcing oil out of every possible opening. If you're lucky it will be a bad PVC (or the equivalent); if you are not lucky it will be poor rings that are allowing pressure past the piston into the crankcase. Do a compression test. If that's ok, see if you can find a sensitive pressure gauge an test the pressure at the dipstick hole. There should be no pressure with the engine running, or even a slight vacuum. |
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