[Mini] Oil spitting

Tom Francis tfrancis at gmail.com
Fri Apr 26 12:57:39 MDT 2013


Have you tried checking with your finger to see if there is an appreciable
vacuum at the carb where the breather goes on?


On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Anne <minilists at mibv.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
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> >   ------------------------------
> >  *From:* Anne <minilists at mibv.com>
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> > mini-list at autox.team.net>
> > *Sent:* Friday, 26 April 2013, 18:11
> > *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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