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Aaron Casey
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Friday, June 05, 2009 - 09:34 pm, by:  Aaron Casey (Blownminiturbo) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hey took my car for a spin tonight and keeps blowing dipstick... cant find any kinks in catch can hose or pcv line and cleaned pcv when was polishing cam covers, which are now ruined aswell as the polish on hte manifold from the degreaser i used :-(
anything else anyone can think of its not blowing any smoke either.. im getting sick of fixing my car...
Scott Wilkes
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Tasmania
92 TT Factory Manual

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Friday, June 05, 2009 - 10:19 pm, by:  Scott Wilkes (Scottywilkes) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

extreme blowby?

The motors only a fresh rebuild isnt it?

The only thing that could be causing the dipstick to eject is high pressure within the crankcase, so you have a ventilation problem somewhere, if it has bad blowby this would contribute to it quite largly.

If you remove the oil cap when idling, is there alot of air pulsing out of it?
Aaron Casey
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Friday, June 05, 2009 - 10:43 pm, by:  Aaron Casey (Blownminiturbo) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

no rebuild only has 130k on it just stripped everything and polished...
at moment i cant run it as the coil plugs have also crumbled so its running on 4cyl so im really annoyed with it at the moment..

im thinking of putting a plug on the pcv to stop boost pressure getting to it but make it go over to the catchcan.. i have no kinks in catch can line as its all braid..
Rob Rojo
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Friday, June 05, 2009 - 10:44 pm, by:  Rob Rojo (Rob_tt) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Head Gasket??
Aaron Casey
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Friday, June 05, 2009 - 10:46 pm, by:  Aaron Casey (Blownminiturbo) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

also while im here tried to search on here and toyodiy.com but i cant find the part number for coil pack wiring harness plugs.. any one know it so i can get some in from toyota?
Michael Keen
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Friday, June 05, 2009 - 10:48 pm, by:  Michael Keen (Spoilt) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

aaron, most likely cause is the pcv valve on the left rocker cover next to the plenum, stuck oepn and letting boost into engine.. cheers
Rob Rojo
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Friday, June 05, 2009 - 10:50 pm, by:  Rob Rojo (Rob_tt) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

90980-11246
Aaron Casey
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Monday, June 08, 2009 - 08:14 pm, by:  Aaron Casey (Blownminiturbo) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hey rob is that for the coilpack connectors?? just i tried in toyodiy.com but didnt seem to come up. ill try castle hill tomorrow aswell
Rob Rojo
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Monday, June 08, 2009 - 09:07 pm, by:  Rob Rojo (Rob_tt) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Its for the connectors, they don't show up in the EPC either but I bought some using this number.
http://soarercentral.com/sc-forum/messages/282/29632.html
Michael Keen
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 06:26 am, by:  Michael Keen (Spoilt) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

pcv aint it back wards is it?
Miles Baker
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 08:16 am, by:  Miles Baker (Milesb) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

pcv pcv pcv
Aaron Casey
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 11:25 am, by:  Aaron Casey (Blownminiturbo) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

thanks guys got a few things coming now just gonna wait for these connectors and drive it to see if the blocked pcv fixes it then ill get a new pcv.. just money is bit scarce at the moment
Steven Anderson
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 09:46 pm, by:  Steven Anderson (Cusscuss) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

do a compression test, will greatly help in eliminating or confirming the problem.
Michael Keen
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Friday, June 12, 2009 - 07:02 am, by:  Michael Keen (Spoilt) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

pull the pcv out, and shake it, if it rattles it should be ok, if not clean with brake clean then stick back in... make sure right way cheers
Aaron Casey
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 08:25 pm, by:  Aaron Casey (Blownminiturbo) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

pcv rattles. i cleaned it out when i polished the cam covers.
disconnetced pcv hose and blocked it off... hit 12psi after warmed and here a hissing noise pull over and there is oil all over my engine bay again and dipstick is sitting about an inch up..
sooo...
any ideas going to see how much money i have to get a compression gauge as my work wont let me use theirs.
thinking either:

head gasket
piston ring/ score or mark in bore(sat still for 10 months waiting for body and paint work to be done)
valve stem or stem seals
cracked head or block

any other ideas let me know as depending on what it is per money i may sell the parts out and go a 2j
Scott Wilkes
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 09:37 pm, by:  Scott Wilkes (Scottywilkes) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

your not serious? your work wont let you use the compression guage? Thats BS geez.

Really the only thing it is is large ammounts of positive pressure within the crank case. So its getting in there somewhere, but where is another question. Main area that it would be would be excessive blowby. But yeah its hard to say mate, sorry i cant help you more but im stumped without actually physically playing with it.

Wheres your breather going from the LHS cam cover? If its going into a catch can, try venting it to atmosphere (yes illegal but for test purposes) If its going into a catch can it may have a blockage somewhere maybe.
Daniel Clarke
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 09:56 pm, by:  Daniel Clarke (Dieseltrain) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My money says Headgasket ... Did the same thing years ago in a NA 4l falcon ... Blew the dipstick, half the coolant and all the oil all over the engine bay ! I didnt realise until i came to a set of lights and car stalled !

However, we parked it, Chemi weld in it over night, came back drove it home, all good,lol . But that was just to get it home. Pulled it out and rebuilt it . It had blown 2 cylinders straight into both oil + water galleries. Motor had 220,000 on it and over 250 1/4 passes , so i think it did ok,hehe.

Might be worth ditchin the 1j and just throwin a 1.5j in there ?
Matthew Sharpe
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 07:11 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Still could be the PCV valve - remember they are a two stage valve, part open (which is the rattle) and fully open (which is on the spring). If the spring is rooted and the valve won't fully open under WOT, then it could be the cause of your problem still.
Miles Baker
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 08:05 am, by:  Miles Baker (Milesb) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You have just been messing with the PCV system, and your car is now exhibiting textbook symptoms of a messed up PCV system. And you are thinking it is a head gasket.

What did you think was going to happen when you blocked off your PCV hose? The intake needs to be sucking air out of your crank case. You need to make sure that really is happening. I suspect you have hooked the hose back up to the wrong spot and you are putting boost to your PCV, or the valve is backwards, or something else like that.
Daniel Clarke
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 09:12 am, by:  Daniel Clarke (Dieseltrain) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Oh i missed the bit about NOT changing to a new PCV yet ...

Definately put a new one in 1st dude .
Aaron Casey
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 01:08 pm, by:  Aaron Casey (Blownminiturbo) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ok what i done was disconnected hose and blocked it off on the intake manifold and had the pcv venting to air. the other side i had disconnected aswell venting to atmosphere.. so none of that should have been getting any boost into it or blocked by a restriction..

the pipe it connects to on hte intake was a different size and was just a fitting there was no valve on it..

ill order another pcv but want to get a compression gauge to sort out that part... the bloody thing is also making a intermittant knock noise like a bearing is ont its way out at idle... so at the moment im just thinking if the motor is worth saving.
Michael Keen
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 05:17 pm, by:  Michael Keen (Spoilt) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

bov, not plumbing back is it?
Aaron Casey
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 08:15 pm, by:  Aaron Casey (Blownminiturbo) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

its a stealth fx and ive tried vented and plumb back doesnt seem to help and does work got my mate to watch it closely as i reved it haha
Miles Baker
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 08:45 pm, by:  Miles Baker (Milesb) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

PCV "venting to air" is not good enough.

You need a vacuum actively sucking on it or you will blow your dipstick out.

Exact same thing happens on most any motor. Guys with small blocks complain about it and you look under the hood - sure enough - little air filter breather on each valve cover and no PCV routed to vac. Keep it up long enough and you will blow out your front main seal.
Aaron Casey
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Friday, June 19, 2009 - 12:20 pm, by:  Aaron Casey (Blownminiturbo) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yeah thats what i thought too but its only vacuum at idle.. i dont have the issue at idle its only blowing out when i hit boost so thats why im thinking more rings or headgasket. cause i have my gear shifter boot surround off i can hear when it does it and its under boost after a few seconds just start to hear a pshhhhhh from the engine bay and pull over and its out and oil everywhere.. i am only running 12psi so its not like im overboosting it.

my mate has a cylinder leakage tester so ill take some cooler piping and the oil cap off and see if there is any leaks. and also a compression test see if any are down...

to get out of trouble may tie dipstick down or hook a spring on it till i can figure out what it is and sort out what im going to do. been talking with powertune and they have said if i decide to they will help me out with a 2j setup and ill part out my 1j stuff. but will be after a while as ill have to save up and prob sell some other stuff i dont need

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