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Originally Posted by oiler
Well it does smoke alittle, esp at start up...but in comparison to other diesels I've seen it's normal. As I had mentioned earlier,I checked to see if this engine has blow-by. I did this by turning the oil cap off,but let it sit on the valve cover...it didn't move! I guess that's a good sign.
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If the pressure in the crankcase is being relieved elsewhere (because the PO left some other place open to the atmosphere) then the oil cap test isn't going to tell you anything useful. Even a good engine with little blow-by will have some pressure at the oil cap.
Kurt
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