At 14:10 3/20/2000, Tony Peet wrote:
>FOR EXAMPLE, my mechanic's current thinking is that the O ring at the BOTTOM
>of the cylinder might be the culprit.

I hate to say it sounds like heads...but to me (non-authority) it does.  If
your crankcase were pressurized to several psi it would be blowing your
dipstick out of the tube, weeping at seals and such.  In fact the crankcase
is *supposed* to run a vacuum which sucks oil fumes through the black tower
on top of the motor and into the rubber connection btw the AFM and throttle
body.  That's why it runs badly if the dipstick doesn't seal in the tube.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"