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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 12:10 PM
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hey a couple of times in the last week i have opened the bonnet of me s2 and found my oil filler cap sort of wedged between the dizzy and the hermostat housing!

i recently changed my cracked breather pot for an efi one off me 3i, wasnt a perfect fit but made it fit... could it be this?


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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 12:17 PM
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The engine should die if you remove the oil filler cap. Sounds like there is too much pressure in the system if it's blowing off.
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 12:19 PM
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i think i might be pressure passin the pistons or something like that i heard! might need new rings
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 12:27 PM
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fucked breather by sounds of it, check the pipes etc....but if its that bad then as mikey said the rings could be shot
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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get some bodge tape,wont come off anymore!
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 12:39 PM
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breather system is blocked or piston rings
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 12:40 PM
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LOL @ that pic, i remember you booting it and hearing the cap fly off under the bonnet and me breaking my neck turning round to see where it landed
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