[Supras] I broke it

[Gregg Bradstock]

I agree with Bernie.  My dipstick kept pushing up, it appears that there was 
so much blow-by (280k miles of wear) that the stick popped up.  Annoying 
little bugger.  Now with the rebuild JDM, it stays down.

Gregg
87NA


>From: berniek at technicaldevelop.com
>Reply-To: berniek at technicaldevelop.com
>To: Jeff Mohler <speedtoys.racing at gmail.com>, Supras at supras.com
>Subject: Re: [Supras] I broke it
>Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:22:34 -0500
>
>If there is a hole in the piston big enough to blow the oil out the small 
>blowby hoses on the cam covers as quickly as claimed, a quick diagnosis 
>would be to crank the engine with the igniter or EFI fuse disconnected.  
>Instead of a cyclic wow-wow-wow starter sound from each cylinder on the 
>compression stroke, no compresson on one cylinder or more will result in 
>the starter speeding up periodically.  Preferably, pull out the EFI fuse, 
>or you may wind up with an explosive mixture in the crankcase if there is a 
>hole in one piston.
>
>I don't recall who on this list had the problem of blown cam or crank seals 
>but within the last year, someone had written in about it.  Any takers?
>
>I do know that when I had a new GTO built up many years ago, it would 
>occasionally blow the PCV valve out of the grommet in the valley cover.  
>That was with only 30K miles on the engine, which was normally aspirated, 
>and used maybe one quart of oil in 1500 miles.  A pair of "Honest Charlie" 
>valve cover breathers cured the problem.  That was enough proof for me that 
>crankcase pressure does build up.
>
>         BernieK
>
>
>
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