1988 90Q dipstick, hunt & peck idle.

[Grant Lenahan]

All I know is I forgot to replace it once. Drove a while, and only 
noticed the oil fill cover was off when I got smoke under the hood. 
Otherwise, all was normal. 1991 90q20v.

Grant
On Oct 1, 2006, at 12:06 PM, John Cody Forbes wrote:

> Grant Lenahan wrote:
>> I also remember that the I-5 motors ran fine without a seated
>> dipstick, or even without a oil filler secured.
>> So I doubt that's your problem anyway.
>>
>
> From what I understand thats not true, at least on the CIS I-5 motors. 
> Since the crank and valve cover vent enter the intake after the 
> metering plate both are potential vaccum leaks. On any CIS I-5 that 
> hasn't been tampered with removing the oil filler cap *WILL* stall the 
> engine. If removing the oil filler cap doesnt stall your engine then 
> you car has been tuned to idle with vaccum leaks present.
>
> I'm not sure if thats true on the EFI I-5's, but we are talking about 
> a CIS car anyways.
>
> -Cody Forbes
> http://www.5000tq.com
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