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1. [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: allanballard@att.net; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 12:40:50 -0400; How much oil loss is normal for a fresh 260 - 289 every 3,000 miles? Is zero the correct answer? I may have a serious problem. I just drove 2,000 highway miles, mostly at 65 to 70 miles an hour. The; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00049.html (11,786 bytes)
2. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: "Smit, Theo" <Theo.Smit@dynastream.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 12:39:10 -0500; How is your PCV system plumbed? If you don't have good baffles in the valve covers, then you may end up sucking a lot of oil vapor into the intake manifold especially at high vacuum (i.e. highway cru; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00050.html (14,333 bytes)
3. [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: Carmods@aol.com; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 14:54:14 -0400 (EDT); Hi Allen, Have you removed the baffles in the rocker covers of your 289? Your oil consumption sounds like my crate 302 without the baffles. After reinstalling them, the oil consumption has gone to le; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00051.html (7,437 bytes)
4. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: allanballard@att.net; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:22:39 -0400; Yes, the baffles had to be removed for the covers to fit over the rockers that came with the aluminum heads... But...if that much oil was blown out...wouldn't it be all over the motor around the oil; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00052.html (9,179 bytes)
5. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: "Smit, Theo" <Theo.Smit@dynastream.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 14:27:19 -0500; The oil is getting drawn into the intake through the PCV system and it's getting burned as part of the intake mixture. The only times when you might notice this is if you're idling and the wind is fr; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00053.html (11,589 bytes)
6. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: Allan Ballard <allanballard@att.net>; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:31:32 -0400; "How is your PCV system plumbed? If you don't have good baffles in the valve covers, then you may end up sucking a lot of oil vapor into the intake manifold especially at high vacuum (i.e. highway cr; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00054.html (10,698 bytes)
7. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: "jim" <jim@island.net>; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 12:46:11 -0700; Hi Allan You mention that you have no baffles to clear the rockers... what type of rockers? I know that my engine has 'rollers' with no baffles and 1/2" spacers under the cast Tiger covers... and no; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00055.html (11,997 bytes)
8. [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: Carmods@aol.com; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:45:29 -0400 (EDT); Hi Allen, Without baffles, the oil gets sucked into the intake manifold through the PVC tube and burned in the combustion chambers. If you remove the PVC tube just after running the engine, you will; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00056.html (8,773 bytes)
9. [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: Carmods@aol.com; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:47:47 -0400 (EDT); Hi Allen, Without baffles, the oil gets sucked into the intake manifold through the PVC tube and burned in the combustion chambers. If you remove the PVC tube just after running the engine, you will; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00057.html (8,768 bytes)
10. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: CoolVT@aol.com; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:54:17 -0400 (EDT); The oil is getting drawn into the intake through the PCV system and it's getting burned as part of the intake mixture. The only times when you might notice this is if you're idling and the wind is fr; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00058.html (8,933 bytes)
11. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: Allan Ballard <allanballard@att.net>; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:59:44 -0400; The Edelbrock aluminum heads came with no rockers. The guys at Summit selected the rockers. I don't think they are special other than able to survive 6,000 RPM, but they are physically bigger than st; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00059.html (13,218 bytes)
12. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: "Smit, Theo" <Theo.Smit@dynastream.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:08:30 -0500; I have the same setup, Mark. On the oil filler side, air is drawn into the valve cover, so there should be little if any misting on that side unless you have a lot of blowby due to worn valve guides; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00061.html (10,025 bytes)
13. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: CoolVT@aol.com; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 16:54:01 -0400 (EDT); If oil is drawn into the oil filler side then why in the original set up do es the hose run from the filler cap to the air cleaner? I have the same setup, Mark. On the oil filler side, air is drawn; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00062.html (10,184 bytes)
14. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: "Jerry and Mo" <JCMC2006@suddenlink.net>; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 16:05:36 -0500; OK, I'm going to hear a very BIG groan on this one! BUT here is what I did, and it has worked for about 18 years or so. I have the CAT CLUB polished valve covers and AFR165 heads with Crane roller r; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00063.html (15,280 bytes)
15. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: "Jerry and Mo" <JCMC2006@suddenlink.net>; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 16:10:42 -0500; Air is drawn in from the aircleaner through the small hose (now clean air) into the oil filler cap into the engine and ends up going out the PVC valve along with any blow by, then into the engine to; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00064.html (11,212 bytes)
16. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: CoolVT@aol.com; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 17:19:14 -0400 (EDT); Air is drawn in from the aircleaner through the small hose (now clean air) into the oil filler cap into the engine and ends up going out the PVC valve along with any blow by, then into the engine to; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00065.html (11,220 bytes)
17. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: Rob Bernardino <crbernardino@mac.com>; Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:38:01 -0700; I noticed that other cars, like a VW Beetle there is an external vent sump designed to catch this aerosolized oil. Would that work in this case? Rob C. Robert Bernardino MD FACS Oculoplastics and Aes; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00068.html (13,322 bytes)
18. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: "Thomas Witt" <atwittsend@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:47:04 -0700; Allan, how "fresh" is fresh? A new motor, depending on ring seal, will consume oil. Likely not as much as you have lost, but it can be a contributing factor. Given the replies it seems that the baff; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00070.html (8,475 bytes)
19. Re: [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: "Jerry and Mo" <JCMC2006@suddenlink.net>; Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 18:16:50 -0500; Anything that catches the droplets of oil from being sucked up into the PVC valve would work. The problem is the tight area in the valve cover limits what can be put in there. Jerry Christopherson 94; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00071.html (13,672 bytes)
20. [Tigers] Oil consumption (score: 1): Author: Carmods@aol.com; Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:50:15 -0400 (EDT); Hi Jerry, That looks like a good solution but I would have recommended using a Pepsi can. John Logan In a message dated 9/7/2011 5:07:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, JCMC2006@suddenlink.net writes: He; /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00073.html (8,060 bytes)

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