If that doesn't work, which it should, then you might be pressurizing the crankcase, which means you have a plugged breather or have massive blowby problems. One should be relatively cheap. The second is not.If that doesn't work, which it should, then you might be pressurizing the crankcase, which means you have a plugged breather or have massive blowby problems. One should be relatively cheap. The second is not.
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It could be a problem. Check the underside of the engine. Is there an oil drip? Check especially the area where the engine is bolted to the gearbox (bell housing). If there is a drip, you have leaking main bearing oil seal.
Next check is the vacuum pipe from the intake manifold to the carburettor / air intake and from the manifold to the brake booster. Is there any sign of oil wetness here?
After 200 000 your engine is likely getting slightly worn. Oil in these places around the engine indicates compression blow-by. Another check is, when driving, select a nice downhill where you can take your foot off the accelerator and can run against compression for a while. Look in the mirror when you put your foot down on the accelerator and check for a telltale puff of smoke. This indicates the probability of worn valve stems and seals, which means you're burning oil which shows up as oil loss.
By and large, if you have slight oil loss after almost a quarter of a million miles, don't worry, as long as your car doesn't leak or smoke to the extent where you mess up the environment.
make sure that the filler cap seal is in place and not gone hard over time also has the rocker cover been off at some stage if it has check that the gasket has not moved the other thing to look out for is that the PCV (breather )valve is in good working order if it is damaged the sump compression will rise and push oil out
Check around the distributor cap. Commonly drips from around the base of the cap and onto the manifold, causing smoke and a stink.
Also seen it leak around the oil cooler at the base of the oil filter. You will need to remove the air filter housing to get at this area, but not too hard.
The oil level may be too high.
Is the filler cap tight?
blow-by in the cylinder piston rign area. A wet test of engine compression will detect this.
A bad had gasket. Engine will be over heating as water is being used up during combustion.
Bad head gasket. Could explain white smoke in exhaust.
If the engine is overheating I would be suspecting a problem in the head area.
Hi, you may have a valve cover gasket leak that is dripping on the exhaust manifold. I would inspect the valve cover area for oil spots and rim leaks. The smoke is coming from the dripping of the oil on the manifold or, lower exhaust pipe.
I had the same problem. I changed the pcv valve and checked the hose. It still did the same thing. Then I checked the metal tubing that the hose connects to and found it was full of hardened gunk. I sprayed PB Blaster into the tube let it soak for awhile. Then took an old choke cable, put it on a drill and ran it into the tube like a drain snake. It took a while of doing this over and over but eventually got it cleared out. Now, no more oil all over the engine and hood compartment.
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