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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 05:01 PM
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Blowing oil everywhere

alright i have been putting this opff for some time now, since i have increased fule flow and gained some power under the hood i noticed that the valve covers are spraying oil everywhere. I have heard about breathers on the covers? What would be the best route to fix this, and i also plan on replacing the valve cover gasket when i make this move.....
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 05:58 PM
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might try checking your blowby tube you may need to clean the screen. not a fun project
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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i believ theblowby tube still works, the diff is covered with oil because i dont clean it... although i notice that there is never any oil drips so im guess low amounts of blowby
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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but with the breathers what is the best route to go???? any pics, or install instructions?
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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Check the vacuum pump? Might be pressurizing the motor
Spec is 8-25 inches mercury I think
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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how do i do that? and yeah, never even heard of testing the vaccum pump, so make me smarter lol
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 11:49 AM
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Put a vacuum gauge on the line where it comes up off the pump and goes into the first splitter. Im not sure 100% if youd see a bad reading if you were pressurizing the engine with it. Maybe pop open the oil fill cap and see if it is venting lots of air
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:57 PM
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alright now that is easier of a test, but would the breathers be a good idea?
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 01:03 PM
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alright now that is easier of a test, but would the breathers be a good idea?
They will just be somewhere else for oil to blow out of.
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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oh boy, lol then how do we fix the oil blow out???
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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As said a vacuum leak will cause increased blowby.
Easy way to check for a leak is to shut the engine down, wait a few minutes and disconnect any vacuum line under the hood. If it doesn't hiss you have a leak. My rigs without leaks will hold a vacuum for at least a week without the engine running.
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Old Apr 24, 2007 | 04:49 AM
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Oil problem

I know that each time i start the truck I can hear one of the vacuum servoes move from defrost, which is its default position. That would mean that there is no vacuum being held in reserve, it has always done this even after they replaced the vacuum pump at 38,000 because it was leaking oil not vacuum.
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Old Apr 24, 2007 | 04:27 PM
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i noticed that the valve covers are spraying oil everywhere



i have not had any more oil come out the blowby tube, but i have had increased oil being pushed out the valve covers, would this be cause by a vaccumm leak?
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