Help! Dipstick leaking!
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Please help me, It's been a week now since my dipstick has been pumping copious amounts of oil onto my shiney engine bay!

I have checked all of the breathers for a blockage, checked the oil feed take-off for the turbo for leaks etc and i'm now stuck for what to try next!

any help would be greatly appreciated!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

sounds like its breathing very heavy.

there is suppose to be a rubber seal on the dipstick though.

ye make sure the rubber o ring is on the dipstick i had same trouble when it wasnt on there but it also sounds like heavy breathing

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or pop a spring on it to keep it down, i did that and ive no longer had a problem

I had to use a spring to keep my dipstick in clean and dry..

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

the spring method is a classic mod, it works well!

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

Should I worry about the pressure building up? I have been told that this is due to leaking engine wear (piston rings, bores etc etc) is this true? am I looking at needing a rebuild in the near future?

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Is your oil pressure unusually high? You might want to install one of those adjustable oil pressure relief valve. Adding a spring to the dipstick may stop the leak. But it isn't solving the actual problem.

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my thoughts exactly! Oil pressure is as usual, 60 when cold 40 when warm.

Any suggestions as to what the root of the problem is?

In the 13's at last!.. Just

blowby is the only solution I can see then?

I cant see the pressure having any thing to do with it its breathing heavy that causes this or just a dicky dipstick.
Allan

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Pull the oil filler cap off and see if there is any excess crank case pressure. If it's breathing heavy enough to blow out the dip stick it should be pretty obvious.

Edited by Jay#2 on 17th Dec, 2006.

Dipstick not connected to HP oil circuit ... how could oil pressure be the cause (i.e. that created by the oil pump) .... can't see this myself.

Edited by RogerM on 20th Dec, 2006.

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How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

mine done that found out them kn typr oil beathers were patially blocked, remove the oil breather filters then see if it leaks, another as well is look in the rocker cover whilst running, i had oil spurting up pushrod holes. ive found them type of filters are a waist of time.

always looking for them bigger bunches of bannanas

While the gearbox itself isn't pressurized (that I am aware of), if the breathers are clogged, or something else causes pressures inside the motor to increase above normal, pressure builds inside the motor. The air and sometimes oil will then escape at the point of least resistence. Sometimes it's the dipstick tube.



R

Edited by Lance Link on 21st Dec, 2006.

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