No, excessive crankcase pressures are not an urban legend. It usually goes
along the lines of a leaking rear main seal, which you fix, then a week
later the front crank seal, which you fix, then a week after that, the valve
cover gasket, which you fix, but by now you realize that the clogged PCV is
the root cause of all of your problems, and you fix that, too. Ask me how I
know.

Jerry


"TJM" <tjm@nospam> wrote in message
news:m7adnZuL7--OBgPdRVn-sA@comcast.com...
> > > The question I have now is - should I buy a bottle of oil dye and see
if
> > > there are any leaks caused by this PCV cloggage?
> >
> > That won't cause an oil leak, just excess oil on your air filter.
> > No reason to use dye.
>
> So the excessive crankcase pressures are just a myth? I've perused some
> websites that seem to indicate long-standing PCV cloggage can cause
massive
> oil leaks anywhere it can find a way to escape. The only leakage I've
seen
> so far is around the outside of the oil dipstick tube.
>
>

 

In news:40a18609_3@newspeer2.tds.net,
Jerry Newton from <leaveme@lone.net> was injured because:

| No, excessive crankcase pressures are not an urban legend.
It
| usually goes along the lines of a leaking rear main seal,
| which you fix, then a week later the front crank seal,
which
| you fix, then a week after that, the valve cover gasket,
which
| you fix, but by now you realize that the clogged PCV is
the
| root cause of all of your problems, and you fix that, too.
| Ask me how I know.
|
| Jerry
|
|
| "TJM" <tjm@nospam> wrote in message
| news:m7adnZuL7--OBgPdRVn-sA@comcast.com...
|||| The question I have now is - should I buy a bottle of
oil
|||| dye and see if there are any leaks caused by this PCV
|||| cloggage?
|||
||| That won't cause an oil leak, just excess oil on your
air
||| filter. No reason to use dye.
||
|| So the excessive crankcase pressures are just a myth?
I've
|| perused some websites that seem to indicate long-standing
PCV
|| cloggage can cause massive oil leaks anywhere it can find
a
|| way to escape. The only leakage I've seen so far is
around
|| the outside of the oil dipstick tube.

So, umm, Jerry, how do you know??? ;)

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NC

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In news:40a18609_3@newspeer2.tds.net,
Jerry Newton from <leaveme@lone.net> was injured because:

| No, excessive crankcase pressures are not an urban legend.
It
| usually goes along the lines of a leaking rear main seal,
| which you fix, then a week later the front crank seal,
which
| you fix, then a week after that, the valve cover gasket,
which
| you fix, but by now you realize that the clogged PCV is
the
| root cause of all of your problems, and you fix that, too.
| Ask me how I know.
|
| Jerry
|
|
| "TJM" <tjm@nospam> wrote in message
| news:m7adnZuL7--OBgPdRVn-sA@comcast.com...
|||| The question I have now is - should I buy a bottle of
oil
|||| dye and see if there are any leaks caused by this PCV
|||| cloggage?
|||
||| That won't cause an oil leak, just excess oil on your
air
||| filter. No reason to use dye.
||
|| So the excessive crankcase pressures are just a myth?
I've
|| perused some websites that seem to indicate long-standing
PCV
|| cloggage can cause massive oil leaks anywhere it can find
a
|| way to escape. The only leakage I've seen so far is
around
|| the outside of the oil dipstick tube.

So, umm, Jerry, how do you know??? ;)

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--
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NC

Pull my finger to reply by email.

jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com

I Love My O|||||||O

 

In news:40a18609_3@newspeer2.tds.net,
Jerry Newton from <leaveme@lone.net> was injured because:

| No, excessive crankcase pressures are not an urban legend.
It
| usually goes along the lines of a leaking rear main seal,
| which you fix, then a week later the front crank seal,
which
| you fix, then a week after that, the valve cover gasket,
which
| you fix, but by now you realize that the clogged PCV is
the
| root cause of all of your problems, and you fix that, too.
| Ask me how I know.
|
| Jerry
|
|
| "TJM" <tjm@nospam> wrote in message
| news:m7adnZuL7--OBgPdRVn-sA@comcast.com...
|||| The question I have now is - should I buy a bottle of
oil
|||| dye and see if there are any leaks caused by this PCV
|||| cloggage?
|||
||| That won't cause an oil leak, just excess oil on your
air
||| filter. No reason to use dye.
||
|| So the excessive crankcase pressures are just a myth?
I've
|| perused some websites that seem to indicate long-standing
PCV
|| cloggage can cause massive oil leaks anywhere it can find
a
|| way to escape. The only leakage I've seen so far is
around
|| the outside of the oil dipstick tube.

So, umm, Jerry, how do you know??? ;)

--
--
Joe Pribe
NC

Pull my finger to reply by email.

jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com

I Love My O|||||||O

 

In news:40a18609_3@newspeer2.tds.net,
Jerry Newton from <leaveme@lone.net> was injured because:

| No, excessive crankcase pressures are not an urban legend.
It
| usually goes along the lines of a leaking rear main seal,
| which you fix, then a week later the front crank seal,
which
| you fix, then a week after that, the valve cover gasket,
which
| you fix, but by now you realize that the clogged PCV is
the
| root cause of all of your problems, and you fix that, too.
| Ask me how I know.
|
| Jerry
|
|
| "TJM" <tjm@nospam> wrote in message
| news:m7adnZuL7--OBgPdRVn-sA@comcast.com...
|||| The question I have now is - should I buy a bottle of
oil
|||| dye and see if there are any leaks caused by this PCV
|||| cloggage?
|||
||| That won't cause an oil leak, just excess oil on your
air
||| filter. No reason to use dye.
||
|| So the excessive crankcase pressures are just a myth?
I've
|| perused some websites that seem to indicate long-standing
PCV
|| cloggage can cause massive oil leaks anywhere it can find
a
|| way to escape. The only leakage I've seen so far is
around
|| the outside of the oil dipstick tube.

So, umm, Jerry, how do you know??? ;)

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--
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NC

Pull my finger to reply by email.

jpribe 'at' nc.rr.com
jegp 'at' hotmail.com

I Love My O|||||||O

 

I just want to say "Thanks for the information", as mine was clogged 99.99%

Dave

 

I just want to say "Thanks for the information", as mine was clogged 99.99%

Dave

 

I just want to say "Thanks for the information", as mine was clogged 99.99%

Dave

 

I just want to say "Thanks for the information", as mine was clogged 99.99%

Dave