<VV> Oil out the Dipstick

[dongerick1@juno.com]

You wouldn't by chance have a bad fuel pump leaking into the crankcase
causing the oil level to be too high would you?
DonE

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:56:33 -0700 Tony Underwood <tonyu@roava.net>
writes:
> At 10:00 hours 07/21/2004 -0600, Geoffrey A Johnson wrote:
> >I know that this usually happens from to much crankcase pressure.  
> Well my 
> >newly installed ULTRA 110 in my 63 is really blowing vast 
> quantities out 
> >the dipstick 
> >tube.  I have never had this problem before even with tired 
> engines.  What 
> >can be done to slow this down?  When I put it in I had the top 
> >cover off, cleaned it, and all the PCV tubes so they are clear.  As 
> I   
> 
> Is the PCV valve perhaps stuck or clogged, by any chance?   I assume 
> the
> associated rubber hoses are also confirmed to be clear... 
> 
> 
> >recall It can be somewhat alleviated by cutting the tube off flush 
> with 
> >the case inside inside the oil pan.    
> 
> I always do this with any Vair engine from which I ever remove the 
> pan.
> I don't cut it, I stick a phillips screwdriver into the extended 
> section of
> tube stub and via some judicious yanking back and forth, break the 
> tube
> off, then I "wallow" the screwdriver shank around a bit to knurl 
> down any
> burrs.   It's not extremely easy to get anything into the area where 
> the
> tube is in order to cut it effectively.    
> 
> 
> >What else?    
> 
> 
> I'd go over all the PCV plumbing again to see if something is amiss 
> or if
> you overlooked something, or something else has gone bad since you 
> put it
> back together.    If it's spurting oil out the dipstick tube as you 
> say,
> then something is clogged somewhere.   Start with that PCV valve, 
> just in
> case.   And insure that there's vacuum on the intake side of the 
> valve when
> the engine is running.    
> 
> 
> Let us know what turns up... 
> 
> 
> 
> tony..  
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