RE: Oil spill from the dist at accel

[Richard Kinsley <r.kinsley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

r lipinski wrote:
> 
> Subject: Oil spill from the dist at accel
> 
> Rich Kinsley  '64 Polara 4 dr 318poly w/goodies
> 
> The first time I "got on my throttle" it smoked a bunch because oil came
> out the base of the dist housing at the clamp. After messing with the
> timing and tightening it down really well the problem seemed to go away.
> However it did this again when I hit it hard on an on ramp. I am
> wondering if I could have too much oil in the engine. My dipstick had to
> be recalibrated as the new tube was about 1&5/16ths shorter. I did this
> by two methods, first I measured the difference and secondly I added 4
> &1/2 quarts only. The two methods seemed to agree as it showed full.
> 
> Another cause could be a bad o-ring on the dist but it was all new. I
> have the PCV on the valve cover and don't imagine I have a pressure
> issue. Any thoughts????
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> seems to have obviously high crankcase pressure

> 
> rob in phx
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I certainly hope this isn't an issue like a broken ring. I can run a 
compression test. A leak down would probably be more in order I imagine. 
There is no smoke from the engine and it does run and idle nice. No 
noise either.


Rich Kinsley  '64 Polara 4 dr 318poly w/goodies


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