dipstick spitting oil

[joemoore]

bad news. 94' 4x4 started spitting oil out the dipstick the other day. oil pressure normal-no unusual noise. is there a way for dummy to check compression? 5spd 72,000 mi. #5 plate, no hard use, no hot rod driving... Help!

 

[illflem]

Check that your blowby tube didn't somehow get kinked or plugged. I once ran across one that blew oil out the dipstick, truck had been parked for several months and bees filled the tube up solid.

 

[WDaniels]

Normally when oil spits out the dipstick tube indicates that you have blowby from your rings. Take it to a cummins shop and have a monometer(sp?) put on your engine and it will tell you what piston is the culprit. Hope it's not serious.

WD

 

[joemoore]

illflem, i think you're talking about the condensation line that drips on the garage floor. I'll check it right now. i could see about 4grand flying out the window. i didn't think of that, if it had a pcv valve i'da gone there first. Thanks for the quick reply.

 

[joemoore]

wdaniels thanks. that or a busted piston was my first thought. if it isn't the condensation line or blowby i'll get to cummins and put a mona. . monom... guage on it to check the cylinder

 

[joemoore]

illflem i'd never have found it as it has only rained . 6 in. here in Tucson this year and i never would have checked that closely but there was sandy mostly caked mud way up in the blowby tube. monkey business? i don't know but i'll sleep well tonite for the first time in a week. thanks to W. D. also