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xanderdeg · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:27 am Post subject: dipstick seal?

My dipstick has no seal so it leaks oil out of the hole as I drive. Does anybody know the part number for the seal? Or something I could use as a replacement?

!tom · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:32 pm Post subject:

Sounds like you've got bigger problems. Your crankcase should be vented to your airbox. Your crank breather must be blocked in order for you to be leaking oil out around your dipstick.
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xanderdeg · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:35 pm Post subject:

I hooked up a brand new breather hose just 2 months ago! I guess I'll check it again for blockage...

Duncan · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:01 pm Post subject:

Can I ask where you got the breather hose?
These are no longer available here, I tried many different sources.
It is a very special hose with a small restrictor inside.
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Good hardware store should have an oring that will fit, if you walk in with it.

Oh, and +1 on your excessive crank pressure. Compression test may be in order.
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xanderdeg · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:37 am Post subject:

... I made my own with some fuel hose and PVC elbow joints... Couldn't find one either so I just did a DIY.

xanderdeg · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:49 am Post subject:

Compression test to be conducted this weekend, fingers crossed....

924aussie · Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:40 pm Post subject:

Not sure, but havent I read somewhere that your dipstick has to have a good seal for the EFI to work properly ??

Alan
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xanderdeg · Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 3:30 am Post subject:

Well I guess its a good thing that I don't have efi

Ozzie · Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 7:41 am Post subject:

Oil breather hose can be any oil resistant hose, just jam a piece of broom handle in it with a 6mm hole in the centre.
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