<VV> Oil filler cap

[J R Read]

I used two caps - took the gasket portion out of one and crammed it into the 
other one in order to get it to seal better.
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill & Chris Strickland" <lechevrier at q.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Oil filler cap


>
>> a generic gas cap that sorta fits, but it doesn't seat firmly, and I 
>> think I'm getting some oil spray leaking around it.
>
> Leaks around Corvair oil filler caps are not unusual, neither are
> attempts to eliminate such leakage, which is what your tin foil sounds
> like.  Personally, I consider such leaks as evidence of the improperly
> designed PCV system on the Corvair, but I digress.  Without having one
> in my hand, I would assume (dangerous territory) that Clark's is
> referencing that their caps are not shiny, newly galvanized units, but
> typical used ones.  If you want NOS, look in the NOS catalog, where even
> those parts are 40 or 50 years old and are not likely to be shiny &
> newly galvanized, because they are no longer "new", just previously
> unused.  I would not expect any of our esteemed vendors to be selling
> "nasty" parts.
>
> Bill Strickland
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