What's up with that....
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What's up with that....
Has anyone else ever had this problem before? I drive a 93' Civic 1.6 w/ a Greddy turbo. It keeps burning up oil dipsticks, melts all the plastic off the ring and thens melts the seal away. I don't think the header has a crack in it but, it gets really hot in the engine bay. Also the hood gets really black, from exhaust, I believe the manifold gasket is bad. Any idea's?
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Re: What's up with that.... (GRoceryTurbo)
Make sure your dipstik tube isn't touching the manifold, I had the same prob on my car. If not get yourself an str dipstick or billetdipstick. All metal, no plastic burning, problem solved.
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Re: What's up with that.... (boost killz)
The dipstick isn't touching the manifold, that was the fiirst thing I checked. Is the STR dipstick all aluminum even at the seal?
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Re: What's up with that.... (GRoceryTurbo)
does that kit have a heatshield over the manifold? My friend had the same problem on his Greddy GSR kit, the heatshield was holding in all the heat and it was melting the dipstick.
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Re: What's up with that.... (TurboInteg95)
Yea it does. I used to run without the heat-sheild and the engine compartment got really hot. The strange thing is it has started doing this lately, and I have it on the car for almost a year.
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Re: What's up with that.... (GRoceryTurbo)
Billet aluminum dipstick.... damn, how long do you have to wait for that to cool down before you can check your oil?
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