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November 10, 2021 at 5:29 pm #249498
jdean
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    I filled the hole going to the exhaust with clear epoxy using a toothpick.

    I put the purge valve back on before I put everything back together.

    I read in another post that there were screens in the valve that needed to be cleaned periodically. Based on the paint on the purge valve cover, it had possibly never been removed. I carefully removed the purge valve to see if there was anything in there that needed to be cleaned, and didn’t find any screens, or anything like that. Just very small holes into the crankcase. I left the purge valve off when I was applying the epoxy. It was in such tight quarters, and I didn’t want to get epoxy on it. Yes, I put the purge valve back on exactly how I found it when I was done.