RE: blown head gasket

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <mailstart.1/7/99.10473.19.> gerard@dockside.co.za writes:

> The purpose of the valve cover baffle is to ensure that
> the first big drop of oil you're putting in through the
> filler and through the clearance between baffle and valve
> cover, gets spilt over the edge and over the valve cover.
> :) Otherwise the oil would just go in if the baffle wasn't
> there. :) Oh well, so as to the milky coating and odd
> pressures between cylinders, perhaps doing a ring change
> would help cleanup blow-by?

Doubtless.  Can't be arsed, on the Passat.  Someone else's problem.

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