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Old May 14, 2013 | 02:09 PM
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Old May 14, 2013 | 09:11 PM
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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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Old May 14, 2013 | 09:24 PM
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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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Old May 14, 2013 | 10:22 PM
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In for the happy ending!!
Lots of those around here.

Loose bolts sink ships, or something like that.
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Old May 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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you realize there's no pressure in the pan right?
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Troll harder.

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Old May 15, 2013 | 08:53 AM
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Troll harder.

Dann

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

maybe when upside down?
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Old May 15, 2013 | 09:14 AM
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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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Old May 15, 2013 | 09:15 AM
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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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Old May 15, 2013 | 09:25 AM
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Absolutely, to say that there is NO pressure in there is just silly.

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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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Old May 16, 2013 | 11:03 AM
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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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Old May 16, 2013 | 06:06 PM
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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.
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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In for catfight between Brainy and dan.
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