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Old 01-03-2007, 06:38 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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Originally Posted by cousindave76 View Post
Diesel2theMoon, I did the test as per your instruction. I capped the breather hole on the valve cover and started counting. It took about 25 seconds for the engine to die. When I let my thumb off the hole a HECK of a whole lot of pressure was released.

So how does that score? Please tell me what this means please?
Either you don't have a lot of blowby or you have a leaky seal.
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