[Shotimes] Oil, smokin', blowby?

[Ian Fisher]

My guess is the front mail seal and one or more of the
cam seals. If it's leaking onto the cat(s) it'll smoke
and stink a lot. 

BTDT

My solution was to build a 3.2. =)

Ian

--- Mark Mucher <mmucher@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> My '90 (no EGR) just started leaking oil, smoking,
> etc.
>  
> It always had a drip from the front main seal which
> dropped on a cat an
> smelled a bit.  (It got better using high mileage
> 10W-30 Castrol).  I tried
> the Auto-RX leak stop routine but it didn't help. 
> Then I went back to the
> Castrol HM.
>  
> Now I get an oil smell when I drive and it smokes
> (comes out in front of the
> battery) when I stop.
>  
> Looked under this morning and and there seems to be
> a lot of drips going
> back the passenger side, but I can't see where it's
> coming from.
>  
> There is (and has been) some oil residue all across
> the top of the front cam
> cover, but not enough to drip down on the manifold
> to smoke from there.
>  
> Seems like it's caused by pressure in the crankcase
> - what could be blocking
> that?
>  
> All suggestions appreciated - (It's still in the
> air!)
>  
> Thanks in advance,
>  
> mm in sunny FL
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