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Originally Posted by 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.
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Mike, a few pics of what i have with that rubber plug
quarter size stain on the carboard..............damn i have a dollars worth of those after some high 5 thou runs..............not to mention, days after its still the same.
Really nothing bigger than a half dollar stain wise, but i have quite a few of those.
Are you talking about one drop after a drive..............if so im in big trouble, i get drips 2-3 days after a hard run.
Glad your hanging in there with me on this...............
Pics of the rubber grommet im talking about.
Worse case Sincero.............if i drive the car under 3500 rpm, the leaks are not all that bad..............if over 5000..............they are really bad.
I will buy a smoke machine................would be great if you could give me a # on what model you bought............
Problem with the smoke machine, say its the rear main or oil pan seal.............doesnt really matter if i have too much crankcase pressure does it.
Rich