ok so I just got my festiva running needed spark plugs only I'm pretty sure (they were the worst I have ever seen). but I got a whole distributer from the junkyard also and it looks brand new. car I pulled it from looked like it hit a deer and looked to be in great mechanical condition.
so this is what it looked like before I took it for the first spin...
and this is what it looked like after... it ejected all of its oil through the hose I circled in red. It did not come off between pics, I just removed it from the air filter before that pic..
does anyone know why it would be doing this? it only did it when I was driving not while it was sitting. I tried to get it to do it while it was parked I revved the engine, held it at different rpms and it did nothing.(oh! before the 1st run I checked the dip stick and oil was easily 1-2qt's too high) so I figrued maybe it was just over filled cause the guy I bought it from obviously diddn't know anything about cars(or just really hated the festiva). so I took it for another spin same thing happened again! it got hot because there was no water in the radiator+ it was spewing oil out of the hose thingy. The oil had gas in it because the carb was tottaly flooded from the former owner pumping the F out of the gas pedal in a very sad attempt to start the festy. so what I am thinking is that the oil was thinned by the gas+the car was hot which further thinned the oil. and it just was seeping past all the seals cause it was so thin. my plan is to change the oil and see if the problem persist's
has this happened to anyone else? more importantly does anyone know how to fix it?
so this is what it looked like before I took it for the first spin...
and this is what it looked like after... it ejected all of its oil through the hose I circled in red. It did not come off between pics, I just removed it from the air filter before that pic..
does anyone know why it would be doing this? it only did it when I was driving not while it was sitting. I tried to get it to do it while it was parked I revved the engine, held it at different rpms and it did nothing.(oh! before the 1st run I checked the dip stick and oil was easily 1-2qt's too high) so I figrued maybe it was just over filled cause the guy I bought it from obviously diddn't know anything about cars(or just really hated the festiva). so I took it for another spin same thing happened again! it got hot because there was no water in the radiator+ it was spewing oil out of the hose thingy. The oil had gas in it because the carb was tottaly flooded from the former owner pumping the F out of the gas pedal in a very sad attempt to start the festy. so what I am thinking is that the oil was thinned by the gas+the car was hot which further thinned the oil. and it just was seeping past all the seals cause it was so thin. my plan is to change the oil and see if the problem persist's
has this happened to anyone else? more importantly does anyone know how to fix it?
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