[mgarblik]

I want to make sure I understand those rubber plugs. If they are made like a sleeve with a closed bottom, that's a problem. The bottom of the rubber plug/sleeve needs to be completely open to the breather. I have seen some of those with just a razor slit in the bottom. No good. It needs to be completely open to the breather, at least on one side of the engine. As far as how much of a leak is "normal"? Of course dry is best!! But not easy to achieve. To me after taking the car out and ripping it through the gears say 4-5 times and driving it around 20-30 miles. if I park it on a piece of clean cardboard, I would not expect to see more than a quarter size stain on the cardboard. If I had a stain the size of a 1/2 dollar, I would be a little unhappy. Not very scientific, but that's my personal threshold. One of the reasons I bought a smoke machine.