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August 31, 2003
OK, Claire...let's work the problem a bit.
You keep talking of a vapor/oil seperator.
Where exactly is this part located on your
engine, if not on the timing chain cover.
I ask specifically because the
year of the car may not be the year of
the engine, Claire. Fr'instance, a late
10cc engine (1098) would have the
vapor/oil separtor cannster located on
one of the valve lifter side covers under
the intake manifold instead of attached
to the timing chain cover like the later
1275 engines.
Factory stock PCV valve:
The "appearance" of the rubber diaphragm
can be decieving. It does not have to have
a noticeable hole in it to be "worn out"...the rubber becomes more
porous
than it should be over use/time, even though it may be "flexible" and
"feel/look"
OK, it MAY not be serviceable. Substitution with a new one is the only
way to know.
Alternatively, with the PCV valve normally
hooked up and operating correctly, the engine idle should increase by a
couple of
hundred rpm or so when the filtered/vented oil cap is removed while
the engine is running.
One thing is for sure...when you run "vented" (no PCV valve and hole in
intake manifold blocked off, using a
filtered/vented cap) the motor runs
normally with no excessive smoking.
This is a good thing!!
So the engine appears to be OK in all
respects. It's just a matter of getting the
PCV system sorted out it seems.
Cap'n. Bob
'60 :{)
PilotRob@... 24910
Posted on August 31, 2003 04:10 PM
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