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speaking of spitfires. check out this cool vid..might as well go off topic here seeing as how I can't get an answer about making jthree's post #14 a sticky..

[video]http://www.youtube.com/embed/ie3SrjLlcUY[/video]
 
Not ignoring your request, R88.... but I think only threads can be stuck, not separate posts. Was rather hoping someone more knowledgeable would chime in... :?:
 
Not ignoring your request, R88.... but I think only threads can be stuck, not separate posts. Was rather hoping someone more knowledgeable would chime in... :?:
thanks for the reply cap'n Ruzzle..I'll send jthree a PM and ask him to start a thread with only his post in it..and he gets the credit for doing such a lovely deed.
 
No worries. Then we'll stick that. OO-er - well, you know what I mean..............
 
It makes sense replacing them if they leak and the forward one goes to the tank drain the rear is to the the non return valve. The one Ruzzle was reffering to is the tank drain plug that goes into the bottom front left of the oil sump pan You pull it everytime you change the oil. And actually the non return valve has a O-ring on it also. I will take some pictures later tonight and peice together a discriptive view to clearify. The ones up top that you changed have nothing to do with the oil leak down to the sump just they just stop the tank from leaking on the top of the tranny right under the tank and drifting to the back of the engine freaking people out because they think they have blown a head gasket.

Unless the manual is wrong, I thought the non return valve was actually that back connector (the long one) between the bottom of the oil tank and the crankcase. Also, I know some don't do this, but I change the o-ring on the main drain plug every time I change oil - never had a leak down there
 
FWIW (maybe nothing) when I use the home made block heater it's warming something up, because it starts afterwards.
I do have the EB mod.
 
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