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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 02:39 PM
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For some reason my oil cap keeps blowing off its a brand new cap cuz for the same reason it blew off and I lost it, it has a rubber retaining strap attached i would of lost it if that wasn't there, there is a rubber seal on the inside of the cap but it just doesn't seem to stay on any advice whether its just a case of it happening or whether something could be wrong?
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 02:42 PM
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Is it loose fitting as it is? As in can you slide in on/off with no resistance? If so sounds like a crap cap, if there is a bit of resistance then its either blocked breathers or piston rings causing excessive breathing and blowing it off.
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 02:45 PM
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You dont need much force to take it off it slides up and down a little the rubber rings on the inside of the cap holds it on better but you dont need much force to take it off.

I did hear it could be the breather i will look into that cheers
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 03:42 PM
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Sounds to me like its breathing heavy, hence blowing the. Cap off, common problem on a cvh

Has it got a up rated breather system ? And is it tuned?

I reccomend a bailey breather kit on any tuned cvh
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 03:51 PM
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Be a blocked breather im betting be full of sludge and shit i imagine
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 04:55 PM
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I had this happen to me, the cap seal didnt really 'stick' to the rocker cover so i put some thin fabric on to hold the cap into place, while i was waiting for the AS st/st cap to arrive as that has a grub screw to keep the cap in place.

http://www.autospecialists.co.uk/CVH...oduct-233.html

A good mod is to fit the AS breather and kit, its better than the baileys one and includes the outlet for the inlet manifold that the baileys one does have.

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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 08:05 PM
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Fit a breather kit
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 03:57 PM
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All of the above information is correct, but I wouldn't just fit a new breather system without first making sure this is your problem!
Clean out your existing setup and do a compression test to see how well the rings are sealing and go from there.
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