[Shotimes] Oil, smokin', blowby?

[Paul Nimz]

The PVC pulls through some small ports in the TB.  If these are plugged up the
PCV is fubared,  I would suggest taking the TB off and doing a good soaking
cleaning of it.

Paul


On 4/1/2006 11:44:39 AM, 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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