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> On May 3, 5:43 pm, "Keith W" <invalidaddr...@[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?
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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
> > someone
> > had a blocked engine breather which caused internal pressure and
forced
> > oil
> > out of the dipstick hole.
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> > Keith Willcocks
> > (If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living)
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> >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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Do you mean, keep the area claean, and hope the problem vanishes
Have you looked under the bonnet with the engine running to see where the
smoke is coming from? Have you checked for contamination between oil and
coolant? How are the levels? Is there oil visible on the distributor, or
is
everything under the bonnet oily? If not, what is it that makes you think
the distributor is involved, it seems unlikely to me.
Steve
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