HELP! Oil spewing everywhere!
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I had suggested tin foil which may be more stable. We seem to have been distracted.
around 6" water column I think.
It's easy to use a clear hose with water and connect it to the dipstick tube; one side of the U shape hose should have water 6" pulled up higher than the other opened to atmosphere.
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Well I did some investigating and took off the valve cover. Come to realize it is cracked. I just got the new valve cover and gasket set a few days ago and slapped it on the car. Also, I just put a little filter on the end of the catch can so it’s venting to atmosphere. So if it does still spray oil I’ll know it’s something to do with oil pressure. Before I put the valve cover back on I put some die down the timing cover so if it does leak I’ll know, where I guess? So far so good although I have only driven it for one day. I’ll keep you guys posted. I appreciate all your help.
I don't know who's instructions these are. That's NOT a good tool. Home made from a oil filler cap.Found these crankcase pressure specs. I'm going to measure my m54 with the CCV bypass and compare.
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Inaccurate reading 101.
Sounds harsh, but I've made two the same way.
Inaccurate testing will have you chasing your tail like a dog.
I have the factory (metal) tool.
You're better off measuring through the dipstick tube.
Yes I did use a new gasket set I used mahle.
I’ll keep you posted though so far so good. I just drove it to work so, so far so good.
With normal engine the crack will leak little oil due to negative pressure inside, and should not spray as this case. This engine at some points in the drive, the pressure inside the crankcase was up high, probably due to a bad CCV / catch can system.
If you vented the catch can then maybe no more high pressure to crack VC and spay oil.
I was also thinking positive crank case pressure under load to cause this, normally cracked covers cause lean condition
Here’s a pic of the crack. I mean actually it was on a bolt hole. This was on the intake side however. When I took it off it kinda seems like I didn’t put enough rtv where the vanos met the head. So this time I put a little bit more. The valve cover was definitely warped as well. Been driving it for a week and no issues at all with the new vc and vcg. The catch also vented to atmosphere.
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This is the important part. The Other Guy can berate him for having high manifold vacuum (maybe tactfully tell everyone why) right after we learn where the frigging oil is coming from.
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