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As posted on FB, I just took 800 mile road trip in my little car.
Coming home, I was pushing it hard over the Shasta mountains, then decided to stop at the bottom of the mountain for lunch. Pulling off, I notice the oil pressure a bit low & the engine was ticking. Pulled into a parking lot & saw smoke. Seems it blew almost all of the oil out somewhere, but I couldn't find the source. So I wiped down what I could, added 3 qts of oil & got back on the freeway, babying it, eyeballing the oil gauge & stopping at almost every off-ramp to check. Never saw another problem. 100 miles later, I was back on it with the A/C on at 70mph for the rest of the trip home, just over 80 miles. Never had another problem.
Next day, I pressure washed the engine bay & drove it kinda hard for a few miles, & still no leak, but I did find the small breather hose was plugged, so I'm thinking maybe excessive crankcase pressure. But as Ryan pointed out, it never blew out the dipstick out, so maybe not.
Looking at the pics, it looks like the oil came from the distributor area. I pulled the cap after the wash, & found a small bit of oil inside, but definitely not the 3.5 quarts that it lost.
I should add that this engine has never burned a drop of oil since I have owned it, has very little blow by, & compression is very good. Anyone got any ideas??
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Coming home, I was pushing it hard over the Shasta mountains, then decided to stop at the bottom of the mountain for lunch. Pulling off, I notice the oil pressure a bit low & the engine was ticking. Pulled into a parking lot & saw smoke. Seems it blew almost all of the oil out somewhere, but I couldn't find the source. So I wiped down what I could, added 3 qts of oil & got back on the freeway, babying it, eyeballing the oil gauge & stopping at almost every off-ramp to check. Never saw another problem. 100 miles later, I was back on it with the A/C on at 70mph for the rest of the trip home, just over 80 miles. Never had another problem.
Next day, I pressure washed the engine bay & drove it kinda hard for a few miles, & still no leak, but I did find the small breather hose was plugged, so I'm thinking maybe excessive crankcase pressure. But as Ryan pointed out, it never blew out the dipstick out, so maybe not.
Looking at the pics, it looks like the oil came from the distributor area. I pulled the cap after the wash, & found a small bit of oil inside, but definitely not the 3.5 quarts that it lost.
I should add that this engine has never burned a drop of oil since I have owned it, has very little blow by, & compression is very good. Anyone got any ideas??
IMG_20180528_120356382_HDR.jpg
IMG_20180528_120352112_HDR.jpg
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