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• ive got a small fountain for a dipstick (video) by wdkingery on 16 Apr, 2011 15:25
• if i pull my dipstick @ idle, its got a small geyser effect! not flying out, but rolling out. drips  per second. are my rings that bad considerin im averagin 43 a gallon? or is it possible theres another issue?
  
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• #1 by R.O.R-2.0 on 16 Apr, 2011 17:13
• i think i would look at a plugged breather hose or something like that..
• #2 by maxfax on 16 Apr, 2011 17:41
• Quote from: R.O.R-2.0 on 16 Apr, 2011 17:13

  i think i would look at a plugged breather hose or something like that..
  

  
  X2, and also check your vacuum system for leaks..   The vac pump exhausts into the crankcase..  IF it's sucking extra air in, it's pumping extra air into the crankcase...
• #3 by R.O.R-2.0 on 16 Apr, 2011 17:43
• Quote from: maxfax on 16 Apr, 2011 17:41

  Quote from: R.O.R-2.0 on 16 Apr, 2011 17:13

  i think i would look at a plugged breather hose or something like that..
  

  
  X2, and also check your vacuum system for leaks..   The vac pump exhausts into the crankcase..  IF it's sucking extra air in, it's pumping extra air into the crankcase...
  

  
  yup, check the vac pump too. shouldnt have much of an exhaust..
• #4 by wdkingery on 16 Apr, 2011 18:07
• guys thanks for the insight! im fairly certain i have a vaccum leak, as i can head the brake booster "bleed" down  after i turn the engine off, and i defnitely have a hard pedal unless the car us runnin.. hmm ill have to check around! thanks im glad its not "the other thing" haha.  and its really a problem because you cant even get near the dipstick without gettin terribly nasty, and i cannot park in the driveway not even for a second. i think its the brake booster. is the gasser from an 88 the same? any gasser?
• #5 by wdkingery on 16 Apr, 2011 19:39
• the mesh in the valve cover? what is the mesh? when i take the 8 nuts off and lift  the cover, i just see a cam with caps and rockers..  where's the mesh?
• #6 by theman53 on 16 Apr, 2011 19:46
• In the cover. Flip her over and check the hole covered with the mesh lol
  
• #7 by wdkingery on 16 Apr, 2011 19:54
• i can stick my finger straight thru that hole?
• #8 by theman53 on 16 Apr, 2011 19:57
• well it shouldn't be plugged then.
  
• #9 by R.O.R-2.0 on 17 Apr, 2011 08:04
• Quote from: wdkingery on 16 Apr, 2011 18:07

  guys thanks for the insight! im fairly certain i have a vaccum leak, as i can head the brake booster "bleed" down  after i turn the engine off, and i defnitely have a hard pedal unless the car us runnin.. hmm ill have to check around! thanks im glad its not "the other thing" haha.  and its really a problem because you cant even get near the dipstick without gettin terribly nasty, and i cannot park in the driveway not even for a second. i think its the brake booster. is the gasser from an 88 the same? any gasser?
  

  
  what kinda car do you have? a mk2? if you have a mk2 car, then the booster off the gasser should work..
• #10 by wdkingery on 17 Apr, 2011 08:11
• thanks flossy! it's an mkII (as evidenced by my sweet aaz fuelly in my sig!) yeah i'ma shoot out and get that booster from the 88 gasser today.. but i really need to figure out where the vac leak is before i spend any more money i don't have..

  Quote from: R.O.R-2.0 on 17 Apr, 2011 08:04

  Quote from: wdkingery on 16 Apr, 2011 18:07

  
  what kinda car do you have? a mk2? if you have a mk2 car, then the booster off the gasser should work..
  
• #11 by R.O.R-2.0 on 17 Apr, 2011 08:14
• Quote from: wdkingery on 17 Apr, 2011 08:11

  thanks flossy! it's an mkII (as evidenced by my sweet aaz fuelly in my sig!) yeah i'ma shoot out and get that booster from the 88 gasser today.. but i really need to figure out where the vac leak is before i spend any more money i don't have..

  Quote from: R.O.R-2.0 on 17 Apr, 2011 08:04

  Quote from: wdkingery on 16 Apr, 2011 18:07

  
  what kinda car do you have? a mk2? if you have a mk2 car, then the booster off the gasser should work..
  

  
  the brake booster is about the only thing that uses vacuum.. the heater switch might too, but i doubt it. usually the diesels got cable operated heaters..
• #12 by wdkingery on 17 Apr, 2011 08:23
• yeah but i might have a boogered up line runnin the the booster.
  
  and when i flip my vent lever i hear vacuum so i think it's a candidate but .. i don't think it's got a big enough leak to geyser my dipstick
   
• #13 by R.O.R-2.0 on 17 Apr, 2011 08:50
• Quote from: wdkingery on 17 Apr, 2011 08:23

  yeah but i might have a boogered up line runnin the the booster.
  
  and when i flip my vent lever i hear vacuum so i think it's a candidate but .. i don't think it's got a big enough leak to geyser my dipstick
   
  

  
  wow, you got a vacuum operated heater then.. thats kinda weird..
  
  and usually if you have a bad hose to the booster, it usually doesnt feel like its working very much..
• #14 by burn_your_money on 17 Apr, 2011 15:07
• A/C cars use vacuum HVAC controls. Block the nipple off at the vacuum pump and see if that solves your problems