Making Oil
I see on another forum where owners report of showing more oil on their dipstick at the end of a long hard drive than at the beginning. Mostly with turbocharged engines. Anything to this or explanat...
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JIMNLIN wrote:Dufus wrote:
I had a transmission modulator valves go south and fill the crankcase with transmission fluid.
That brought back long gone memories.
BTDT....along with ruined spark plugs.
Very typical of our older gen auto trannies as just about all of them had the valve.
Tell tale was a puff of blue smoke on start up which many just ignored for various reasons, till fluids came out the engine oil dip stick tube.
Most times you would burn or smoke the trans fluid. Or the cooler leak fluid into the radiator. For years gas in the oil would be the first indication the fuel pump was going out.
Story I heard after Dad passed; He was fed up with the neighbors bragging about their great gas mileage. He bought Mom a Chevitte. Then once a month he would stick a hose in the tank, MT 5 gal can into is van. Took about 3 months before one asked him why. "If I don't drain some out once in awhile it will run over!"
