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 Mar 10 2003, 01:56 PM
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HONDA KILLER  Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 26-January 03 Member No.: 71  |
my 1990 gs-t has been consuming a fair amount of oil. well, most of it is all over the engine compartment(and getting on the exhaust manifold and smoking. anyone know how i can clean the engine or where i can get it cleaned?) the dipstic keeps coming out, which is probably where all the oil is coming from :!: a friend of mine told me what it probably is, but i dont' really remember what he said. it made sense though...anyway, the oil pressuse gauge seems to be reading on the low side. at idle the needle drops pretty close to the L mark(about a 1/3 of the way from the first mark by the L to the 2nd mark on the gauge) what should it read at idle?
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Mar 11 2003, 12:04 AM
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DSMCentral Godfather Group: Admin Posts: 3,823 Joined: 10-January 01 From: Washburn Member No.: 26 |
QUOTE ...I solved it with a pair of vice grips to crimp the metal tube over the dipstick tighter.....and then a complete rebuild 6 months later.
Just a scary thought for you to worry about. Sweet dreams. The dip stick tube crimping definitely works and is only a fix for an oily symptom of bad rings as suggested. I've seen some cars go pretty far with bad rings, just don't expect too much from the engine in the performance catagory. Marcus -------------------- In Loving memory of David T Crebo
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mako901 oil problem Mar 10 2003, 01:56 PM
natedogg DSM oil pressures vary a lot during regular drivin... Mar 10 2003, 02:15 PM akamiami I have heard that popping the dipstick is a sympto... Mar 10 2003, 07:03 PM
mako901 if the rings are bad would the engine run any diff... Mar 11 2003, 01:09 AM |
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