At 12:18 AM 1/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Have a 79 Spitter with 33k on clock converted to weber downdraft and
>header. Removed air pump and egr. Have a problem with oil seeping from
>dipstick tube. Engine has new pan gasket and plumbing from the valve cover
>breather to carb and canister (T'd to carb air cleaner breather element).
>Can't seem to stop the leak and its smelling up the place when it gets on
>the header. Anyone have an idea or similar experience? i could use a
>little help on this one. The car runs great otherwise.
>
I've got a '78 Spit and the crankcase is vented, and I had a little bit of
oil coming out of the dipstick tube also. The rubber bit at the top of the
dipstck was shot. I cleaned the dipstick well, made sure the tube was a
little oily, squirted a little RTV on the flange on the dipstick and stuck
it back in. My own homemade dipstick seal. If you are having a crankcase
pressure problem this won't help, but if it's just an annoying little bit
seeping past, well, this worked for me. It's not a factory part, but it's
not duct tape, either.
Brian Harper
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