Smoking Problem

plug the dipstick.

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plug the dipstick.

I like the cut of your jib, but was after a somewhat more technical fix than that

sounds like a bit of blow by to me I'm afraid.

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sounds like a bit of blow by to me I'm afraid.

Eh? Come again Rupert?

Blowing past the piston rings .I think that maybe the case .Mine was doing the same as yours .When I stripped it the pistons and heads were coated and I had some very wet plugs .We'll see if it's now sorted soon I hope .

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Aah, Dipstick plug it is then

I'll clean the breathers again, it doesn't do it all the time only occasionally and the plugs are fine.

after a season, the piece of rag i had wrapped around the top of the dip stick tube is completly soaked with oil.

I have a rubber bung ready for this year. I'll be plugging it and fitting some sort of retainer so that it does not go missing if it falls out.

seriously, i had mine pluged for years, without anything bad happening. a piece of silicone hose with a bolt (aluminum of course) in it does the job.