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      10-18-2018, 02:19 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by blueh88 View Post
So I checked this just now, and while there was nothing coming out of the crankcase breather, there was white smoke pouring out of the dipstick location. Not loads but quite similar to a just boiled kettle...
thats just oil vapour etc,,as said if the pressure forces oil up then its over pressurising,,this was a thing on focus st,,if the oil filter housing went there was an almighty screeching sound,,pull dipstcik and it relieved the pressure and sound went away,,put it back in and same thing noise was awful,,couldnt drive car in case cam seals blew and put oil on cam belt,,then it could hve slipped and then fucked etc
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