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Old 05-14-2013, 02:09 PM
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In for the happy ending!!
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Well for now it is a happy ending I had the car running for about 20 minutes and there was no sign of oil. I hope the problem is finally fixed

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+1 for super mega happy ending
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Awesome! Good thing it was an easy fix.
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Originally Posted by hornetball
In for the happy ending!!
Lots of those around here.

Loose bolts sink ships, or something like that.
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Old 05-14-2013, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by fooger03
+1 for super mega happy ending


Originally Posted by lsc224
Awesome! Good thing it was an easy fix.
Yep, gladly it was.

Originally Posted by sixshooter
Lots of those around here.

Loose bolts sink ships, or something like that.
That bolt has given me such headaches. I'm glad to have it gone
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woo, easy fix. awesome news.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
you realize there's no pressure in the pan right?
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Troll harder.

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Originally Posted by nitrodann
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Troll harder.

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are you suggesting there is pressure at the bottom of the oil pan?

maybe when upside down?
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Yes I am. This is why we have breathers, and seeing as this is miata TURBO im going to guess that the pan gets pressurized many times per minute in traffic.

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Yes I am. This is why we have breathers, and seeing as this is miata TURBO im going to guess that the pan gets pressurized many times per minute in traffic.

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are you being ******* serious right now?
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Absolutely, to say that there is NO pressure in there is just silly.

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Originally Posted by nitrodann
Absolutely, to say that there is NO pressure in there is just silly.

Dann
yeah, my oil drain is actually my feed. I was just testing you.
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There is less pressure than that which the oil pump produces. This means that there is zero pressure.
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Originally Posted by nitrodann
This means that there is zero pressure.
I know.
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Yeah I would say if the pcv valve is questionable, and some pressure sneaks by under boost, the bottom end can definitely see positive pressures.
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Originally Posted by flounder
Yeah I would say if the pcv valve is questionable, and some pressure sneaks by under boost, the bottom end can definitely see positive pressures.
Both ports are vented to atmosphere
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Time to change your sig line to "Found and Fixed Leak" with happy face!!

Let Brain and Nitro duke it out on their own.
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