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driving 850 turbo with oil dipstick not fully seated 850

posted by  dandonnell on  Tue Jan 31 14:28 CST 2017
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I know I have some crankcase pressure issues and need to clean out the PCV system. However, until I have time to do that is there any issue with pulling out the oil dipstick slightly just so the o-ring isn't seated to relieve pressure until I can fix it right? I have been doing this for about a week and haven't had any oil residue spray coming out of the tube. I know there could be a few more fumes inside the car and could fix that with a snorkel arrangement but in general is this concept ok?

BTW - this has certainly taken care of my sludge brown residue on the oil dipstick so far...


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    posted by  Milanomike on  Sat Feb 4 09:24 CST 2017
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    I did that for like 12 mos, before I got around to redoing pcv system. No muss no fuss, tube is too high for any real oil to come out. Fumes go wherever....








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    posted by  alschnertz on  Tue Jan 31 15:44 CST 2017
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    I can't imagine a serious issue doing this for the short term.

    I'd imagine that it will eventually get messy under the hood after a few thousand miles.

    Me? I hate working on oily messes.






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