[Mini] Oil spitting

[Anne]

The breather on the timing chain cover had to be removed because it's in
the way of the charger belt.
Not sure I somehting can be made to fit there...

I hadn't considered the state of the engine yet :)
Could very well be that it's just not up to the job as it already has done
quite a few miles.
So yes, it's quite 'run in' :)

I guess the compression test will definately show that.

BTW, Any of you ever done a blow by test and if so; is it of any use next
to a compression test?

Anne.


On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 7:09 PM, <belvenfish at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Anne,
>
> I don't think you ought to block the crankcase breather, you have
> obviously got too much crankcase pressure, so fit a hose into an open tin
> to get the fumes out, alternatively into the inlet manifold if you can or
> similar. I don't remember what you said about the state of the engine,
> could be worn piston rings.
>
> HTH
>
> Dr. Gernot Vonhoegen
>
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> *Subject:* [Mini] Oil spitting
>
> After the fuel issues was sorted sorted and the clutch keeps working fine
> with the washer installed, it was time for the Van to think of another
> symptom to come up with.
>
> First it tried to impress me with a fairly lack of improvement in bhp or
> torque (+ 4 and + 10 after fitting the charger), but as that did not work,
> it started to throw out the engine oil.
>
> Although initially not directly a problem, I had a look at where all that
> oil was coming from.
> From the pattern it looked like it was being pushed out of the dipstick
> hole. The stick was not really sticking anymore; just lying in there.
>
> After I 'solved' this by plugging the dipstick hole, the oil found other
> ways to get out of the block.
> Somewhere behind the distributor and also a bit past the oilfiller cap.
> That did become a problem, and not just because it really DOES need oil,
> but also because it was now spitting it over the hot parts of the engine,
> resulting in nasty blue smoke getting into the cabin.
>
> Or at least I think that is what that smoke was. At least it is very clear
> it's spitting out the oil in places it shoudln't.
>
> Pictures as always can be found here;
> http://goo.gl/9400P
>
> Assuming the remaing crankcase breather (on the clutch side) was blocked I
> took it off the carb nd checked it. Unforunately (would have been an easy
> fix most likely) there is no blockage on either the engine nor carb side.
>
> Any hints as to what can be done to figure out where the problem is?
>
> Anne.
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