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> > > > Have the disrtibutor looked at it be wear in the shaft which ahs
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> > > > rotor arm at the end of it, if that shaft is worn you can get all
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> > > > of problems, one way to find out if it is worn remove the cap and
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> > > > and move the shaft side to side if it moves from side to side you
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> > > > problems,when was it serviced? like replace plugs,leads,cap. oil
> > > > etc.the coil might be sparking across to something metal try
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> > > >Thanks for the response.
> > > >On an 80,000 ml Pug, I expect there will be wear.
> > > >could this cause oil contamination?
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> > > 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
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> > > thread you mentioned the dipstick. In a recent query on this group
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> > > had a blocked engine breather which caused internal pressure and
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> > > out of the dipstick hole.
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> > > 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?
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> > Quite possibly. I guess there's only one way to find out.- Hide quoted
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> >Do you mean, keep the area claean, and hope the problem vanishes
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> If you can find the breather then it is worth checking that it is not
> blocked. =A0 If it is not then something else is causing pressure to
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The breather is blocked, but I can clean it
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