HELP! Oil Leak :(

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Post Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:34 pm

I have an oil leak from what looks to be the crank case breather.. a metal pipe with a spring on the bottom on the oppisite side to the zorst manifold.. it's leaking oil but not so much as you can see it but still enough to make horrible black patches on my drive.. how do i fix it? anyone? has it got gaskets etc.?

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Post Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:09 pm

Ther is an o-ring under the spring and metal washer, there's also an o-ring at the top of the tube where it meets the inlet manifold.

Hopefully it's leakin from the top o-ring as this is much easier to replace then the bottom one.

To replace the top o-ring slide the tube down against the spring pressure and flirt out the o-ring.

To replace the bottom o-ring you'll need to remove the inlet manifold so you can pull the tube out :x

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Post Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:20 pm

cheers mate :)
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