Have you checked to make sure that the crankcase can breath? If not even a
good engine will build up crankcase pressure and blow oil out anywhere it
can. It's been a while since I've played with the 1500, but I think it
draws pcv from the valve cover. Make sure it is hooked to a vacuum source.
Since yours has a weber on it, you might have to tap into the intake
manifold and experiment with PCV valves to find one that doesn't pull to
much. Easy to swap one problem for another and just suck oil.
David Riker
----- Original Message -----
From: J. Adrian Barnes <adrian@workgroup.net>
To: William M. Gilroy <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
Cc: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: Update
> I saw evidence that indeed, oil was blowing out the dipstick (but the
> cardboard I put under the car last night revealed multiple leaks this
> morning!). My compression test showed high compression across all the
> cylinders, and after running, the compressions were all within +-2 pounds
> of each other (right at 120).
>
> My thoughts are that either I have a bad oil ring or that the oil is too
> thin. I hope that the oil is just too thin. I need to change it again
> anyway, as I'm sure there's a lot of crud building up in it. The spark
> plugs were wet (that was before I did my fuel system maintenance) and I
> can't remember if it was oil or gas. Probably oil, since that's more
> expensive to repair than too much gas. Some higher force just doesn't
> want me driving a Midget. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
> adrian
>
> "William M. Gilroy" wrote:
>
> > Reminds me of my free 77 Midget. My car ran real badly and one
> > of the problems turned out to be the dizzy was really worn. Frank C.
> > was kind enough to swap my worn dizzy with one that was in much better
> > shape. Then I got the engine better tuned, timed etc. What happened
> > next was when the car ran closer to spec. and when I revved it above
> > 2K I had so much blow by that the oil would spurt out of the
> > dipstick. It would land on the exhaust pipe and burn off in a small
> > cloud. A compression test revealed that the following number:
> > 1 = 110 PSI, 2 = 40 PSI, 3 = 60 PSI and 4 = 160 PSI.
> >
> > So I replaced the engine with another one. Still have to rebuild
> > the original engine, but time is very tight. So a compression test
> > might give you some insight, but if the oil is coming out the dipstick
> > I can think of two things: bad rings or overfilled the oil.
> >
> > The car also takes 20W-50.
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > Bill
> > E-mail: wmgilroy@lucent.com
>
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