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May 3, 5:43 pm, "Keith W" <invalidaddr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "species8350" <not_here.5.species8...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 3, 3:40 pm, Chris <ch...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Have the disrtibutor looked at it be wear in the shaft which ahs the
> > rotor arm at the end of it, if that shaft is worn you can get all sort
> > of problems, one way to find out if it is worn remove the cap and try
> > and move the shaft side to side if it moves from side to side you got
> > problems,when was it serviced? like replace plugs,leads,cap. oil
> > etc.the coil might be sparking across to something metal try moving it
> > away from metal,
> >Thanks for the response.
> >On an 80,000 ml Pug, I expect there will be wear.
> >could this cause oil contamination?
>
> Oil is more likely to be from somewhere else. A favourite is the oil
> pressure switch, another is the engine top cover gasket. In your
original
> thread you mentioned the dipstick. In a recent query on this group
someone
> had a blocked engine breather which caused internal pressure and forced
> oil
> out of the dipstick hole.
> --
> Keith Willcocks
> (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living)
>Yes,
>I had this very same problem. Some oil was passing the top of the
>dipstick.
>I wonder if this could be causing electrical problems around the
>distributor?
Quite possibly. I guess there's only one way to find out.
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