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Subject:Re: oil dripping from dip stick tube
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Sun, 21 Jul 2002 12:12:22 -0500

The dipstick tube was one of the places that leaked oil when I broke two
rings and collapsed the lands on #3 piston.
Might want to do a compression check before you go forward.

Stan

On Sun, 21 Jul 2002 11:54:05 EDT Roger Reynolds <Rogerspace2@AOL.COM>
writes:
> I have oil dripping from the end of my dip stick tube (and no, I
> don't think
> I need to see my doctor about it).  I have replaced the dip stick
> with a new
> one and the rubber "seal" seems to fit snuggly in the tube.  I have
> searched
> for other possible locations where the oil could be coming from but
> can't see
> oil in any other location.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger
>

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