my '65 L76 has always had a bit of an issue with blowing oil up the ventilation tube into the air cleaner housing.
I know it's not the oil from the oiled foam air cleaner element itself as over the winter I swapped that out to a standard paper filter.
It's not a LOT of oil but definitely some blowing up into there.
In addition, I go thru approx a quart of oil every 500-800 miles. Hard to say the milage more closely as my odometer doesn't work. The amount of oil in the air cleaner housing is nowhere as much as the motor seems to be go thru though.
I do NOT see puffs or clouds of smoke (of any color) when starting the car or when she is running.
would these two issues be related or more of two seperate issues to deal with?
Could these issues be cause by the rings, the valves, the valve seals, or what, and how do I go about diagnosing the problem to see where the problem is?
I know it's not the oil from the oiled foam air cleaner element itself as over the winter I swapped that out to a standard paper filter.
It's not a LOT of oil but definitely some blowing up into there.
In addition, I go thru approx a quart of oil every 500-800 miles. Hard to say the milage more closely as my odometer doesn't work. The amount of oil in the air cleaner housing is nowhere as much as the motor seems to be go thru though.
I do NOT see puffs or clouds of smoke (of any color) when starting the car or when she is running.
would these two issues be related or more of two seperate issues to deal with?
Could these issues be cause by the rings, the valves, the valve seals, or what, and how do I go about diagnosing the problem to see where the problem is?