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| mikelsr |
 Sep 11 2005, 04:39 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 657 Joined: 2-January 05 From: Mahomet, IL Member No.: 3,390 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
I have oil on the left side engine tin and I can't see where it is coming from. There is a hose that connects there but I have tighten the clamp and it didn't make a difference. Any ideas?
TIA |
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| bd1308 |
Sep 11 2005, 05:08 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
take a can of carb cleaner clean everything out....let it sit for several hours....go driving and look whaere its coming from
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| Aaron Cox |
Sep 11 2005, 06:06 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
do you have a breather setup?
These cars tend to get a light mist of oil on them out the breather..... check your head vent tubes.... make sure they are on all the way and clamped nice and tight.... |
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| Aaron Cox |
Sep 11 2005, 06:07 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
and kiss your NON powdercoated engine tin goodbye.... carb cleaner eats paint (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/slap.gif) |
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| URY914 |
Sep 11 2005, 06:46 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,980 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) Carb cleaner too strong for paint. |
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| mikelsr |
Sep 12 2005, 05:55 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 657 Joined: 2-January 05 From: Mahomet, IL Member No.: 3,390 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Thanks for the pointers. I thought that the oil was coming from the head vent tube and I had already tightened up the clamp on the hose. I guess I should also have said that I am running carbs (Dellorto) with the K&N filters (I haven't oiled them).
I will check the hose going to the vent tube, maybe it has a hole in it that comes and goes with temperature/pressure. Also what is the highest-safest oil temperature? I was running at 210 yesterday coming home from an AX. It was around 90 out and I had an hour and a half drive to get back home. Again TIA |
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| Dave_Darling |
Sep 12 2005, 11:37 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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212F is a great temperature for motor oil to be. (Others say 180F, but I feel that's not warm enough!) Helps boil out the water in the oil quickly. 240F is "hot", 250F is "too damn hot". As in "shut it down right now!"
--DD |
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