tvanoverloop
New Member
I picked up a 94 XP that I don't know any history on. It has low compression but still starts and runs. If it sits for a long time black oil like substance comes out of exhaust. I also noticed it goes through oil fast when driving it. I pulled motor out in order to rebuild it assuming crank seals are bad but once I got motor out I noticed the oil arm is almost 180 degrees off of alignment! The arm is going straight up instead of straight down like the manual indicates. I can't even move the arm enough to match alignment marks. I can post picture tonight as I forgot to get one last night while working on it. No idea how this happened but wondering would that cause either of my issues of Oil leaking in while sitting or using a ton of oil while running? I assume the pump was worked on and maybe they put the arm on upside down and then never aligned it properly? If this is my oil issue then I can just have the top end rebuilt instead of working on the crankshaft as well.
