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Re: Need the engine experts opinion... smells fishy to me! -- Alicemav | Post Reply | Top of thread | Maverick Message Board |
Posted by: rickyracer ® 2001/07/03, 23:30:33 Author Profile |
without knowing the history of the engine anything is a guess. Sounds like you probably have leaking rings or exhaust valve stems worn causing blowby down into the engine with your older cork gaskets leaking. The oil in front is probably from the intake manifold front. You really need a comp and vacuum tests to tell wants going on. The oil dye thing is a common tool. Works real good where old oil is concerned. The exhaust valve is different from the intake because intake stems are under vacuum & the exhaust blow pressure up them. What's the engines history???? :Does this sound odd to you... I opened alice's hood to "See what there is to see" and it didn't look ANY differant. I called the shop and asked what had happened and he said they used an "infered dye" and that the old oil wouldn't make a differance.
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