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Burning oil smell.....leaking out of valve cover filler cap area 900

posted by  Hovonogila on  Wed Nov 5 03:30 CST 2003
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I have a burning oil smell that I traced to the cap. Oil is on the valve cover and running down to the exhaust manifold. Not a lot of oil, but enough to burn when I drive at highway speeds and come to a stop.

I changed the gasket on the cap about a year ago and it was hard as cardboard. I flipped over the new one and it's still pretty flexible.

I changed the flame trap and the nipple at first indication this was happening and it wasn't plugged. Anyway the problem continues. There is no oil coming from leaks in the front of the engine. The car is about to turn 200k miles. Just changed the oil, when the problem first became apparent. Don't know how it could be connected to this situation.

Where do I look next?






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