[alfa] oil back-pressure

[Sam Kass <samkass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

	I took my Alfa out aiming for a good drive today-- the first one 
(besides to work and back) since changing all the fluids.  I opened it 
up on the freeway and all of the sudden smelled a burning smell.  When 
I drove to a parking lot and opened the hood, the dipstick was out as 
far as the hood would let it, and there was oil soaking anything within 
a 1 foot radius of it.  I pushed the dipstick back in, drove home 
conservatively, and opened it up again.  Same thing.
	What could be pushing the oil up the dipstick pipe?!  I thought the 
oil pump was basically suction OUT of the oil pan and that, if 
anything, the dipstick would be pulled inward.  I asked Mark, and he 
suggested possibly a clogged oil vapor separator (mine is in bad shape, 
so this could easily be it,) or a broken compression ring.
	Thoughts?
	--Sam Kass
	'87 Graduate
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