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Subject:Re: Blowby gasses
From:ChuckKuecker
Date:Sat, 16 May 1998 08:37:42 -0500

At 08:55 PM 5/16/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>        Just wanted to know how much air or blowby gas comes out of the
>engine through that black plastic fitting, should it be a steady
>stream or does it just come out like a sputter?
>
>
>Steven

Do you mean the breather box on the top of the block? The blowby here
should be pulses that follow engine speed at low RPMs. If there's huge
flows, check your compression to see if the rings are leaking.

One sign of too much blowby is oil leaks..

Chuck Kuecker
Cary, Illinois

ckuecker@mcs.net

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