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| Scott-thundercat |
 Apr 7 2007, 09:52 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 159 Joined: 16-October 06 From: Reno, NV Member No.: 7,049  |
so today i'm going up a hill and a ton of oil smoke starts coming out the back. i thought it was one of my pushrod tubes whos leak i've been fighting for a while now. stop after i get off the freeway- look under see a ton of oil just dripping off the heat exchanger. drive a little further and stop at a gas station after blowing a bunch of oil smoke. buy some oil- check again to see where leak is coming from- hmmmm valve cover doesnt look right.... hmmm- WTF the bailing wire is not holding it on! the bailing wire slipped off the valve cover somehow and is rotated to the bottom of it's arc. the valve cover is free floating and all that was holding it on was the silicon on the gasket at the top- just freely flowing oil out the bottom where it was loose! put the bailing wire back on and now just have to worry about all that oil slowly cooking off. any suggestions on removing the oil residue?
really wierd stuff. |
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| Scott-thundercat |
Apr 8 2007, 01:09 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 159 Joined: 16-October 06 From: Reno, NV Member No.: 7,049 |
i thought that perhaps the gasket had slipped- but it looked to be just as it was when i installed it. very odd- the bailing wire was very tight putting it back on, had to put quite a bit of effort into getting it to snap on. very perplexing. maybe someone doesnt like 914's and wanted to kill it when i stopped somewhere in folsom today... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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Scott-thundercat Wierd thing happened 2day- valve cover came open! Apr 7 2007, 09:52 PM
orange914
put the bailing wire back on and now just have t... Apr 7 2007, 11:08 PM john rogers You can bend the wire bale to make it tighter once... Apr 7 2007, 11:18 PM So.Cal.914 On the HE you could try engine degreaser or oven c... Apr 7 2007, 11:33 PM Paul Illick Might have been because it was cocked, but when yo... Apr 8 2007, 08:36 AM
shaggy try using carb or brake cleaner.
use gloves that ... Apr 8 2007, 11:10 AM |
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