Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the leakage of gases from the combustion cylinder of an internal combustion engine between the piston and cylinder wall into the crankcase.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
blow-by .
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Examples
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Michael Vaughan's 1963 Porsche has the first anti-pollution technology mandated by government: a small tube called a blowby device.
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Those pump .22 rifles we used to shoot at the county fair were so shot out you could see blowby gasses and fire all the way to the target.
Roll Out the Barrel 2007
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That, combined with a gas seal that eliminates blowby, yields consistent pressures and high velocities.
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The tests included storage in oil and in a blowby medium (a condensate found in the crankcase of gasoline engines) and thermal shock tests between temperatures of
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The entire setup has 15k on it. it was removed because it had blowby due to it the drop in pistons. i'll have some pics up soon, the motor is currently in the back of my wagon, and it's getting dark out.
NASIOC MrSlowbaru 2010
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- I do not think that (an abnormal amount of) oil is getting into the combustion chamber because I have nearly zero blowby in the IC/throttle, turbo inlet, or breather lines.
NASIOC xdarkn3ss 2010
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- I do not think that (an abnormal amount of) oil is getting into the combustion chamber because I have nearly zero blowby in the IC/throttle, turbo inlet, or breather lines.
NASIOC xdarkn3ss 2010
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The tests included storage in oil and in a blowby medium (a condensate found in the crankcase of gasoline engines) and thermal shock tests between temperatures of
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Links had been established between car exhaust and headaches, cancer and various respiratory problems, yet the automotive industry of the day, kicking and screaming, had to be forced to add a blowby tube.
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The entire setup has 15k on it. it was removed because it had blowby due to it the drop in pistons. i'll have some pics up soon, the motor is currently in the back of my wagon, and it's getting dark out.
NASIOC MrSlowbaru 2010
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