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Rodney Stamps Posted on Apr 24, 2012
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What causes compreesor to blow oil plug and breather filter while running

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Sounds like you have a cylinder bad and the compression is blowing by the piston or rings and building up in the crankcase. This what they call blow by on a car engine.

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