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

posted by  DanR on  Wed Nov 5 04:16 CST 2003
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Try bending the spring steel tabs on the cap. Bend them to make the fit tighter. I had this very problem and this cured it. But because of excessive blow by, eventually there will be another leak else where. Most likely a cam seal or one of the mains.

Try a compression test and a leak down test.

DanR 94 964 235,000 miles
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DanR






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