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Re: oil spill

To: Trisha <patricia.sauthoff@Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Re: oil spill
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 21:19:45 -0400
Cc: spidgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Organization: Positive Earth Drivers Club
References: <004201c0d8e8$a5bb4620$d22dfea9@computer>
Trisha wrote:

> Put the oil in, and noticed that some of it made it into the engine, the rest
> came pouring out the space in between the head and the rest of the engine.

Trisha, Surely you mean valve cover!
The retanglular shaped metal thing on the very top of the engine.
Is the oil coming out ABOVE the spark plugs?
If so, you need a valve cover gasket. About $2
If it's coming out below the spark plugs, tightening the head isn't
going to help.


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Frank Clarici
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