Oil leak
Do your valve covers have an inner baffle where the breather holes are? If not, and the holes are open into the head, then oil will get sucked straight out of there, causing leaks such as what you have.
The Oil trap, breather, flame trap and PVC are commonly used terms/ parts that basicaly allow for the engine to vent positive crankcase pressures due to blow by from the pistons.
The only way that oil can come out of the breather is if it is overfilled, a lot of people fill the box until the oil is level with the front plug, this in fact is not a level plug but in fact a filler plug, the correct way to test the level is to use a special tool which is basically a dipstick, it go into this breather hole and the level of oil should be about 3 inches below to this plug, in short re check an drain some off and everything will be under control.
http://gmoptimum.com/en
The only way that oil can come out of the breather is if it is overfilled, a lot of people fill the box until the oil is level with the front plug, this in fact is not a level plug but in fact a filler plug, the correct way to test the level is to use a special tool which is basically a dipstick, it go into this breather hole and the level of oil should be about 3 inches below to this plug, in short re check an drain some off and everything will be under control.
http://gmoptimum.com/en
Last edited by usedcar129; Sep 15, 2009 at 03:54 AM.
^ What?
First off, a breather setup is necessary, NOT because of blow-by, but because of the natural change in crankcase pressures from the pistons going up & down and displacing air.
Since we're referring to oil in an engine, I don't follow what you're talking about when you refer to "the box", "front plug", and "special dipstick to go in the breather hole"?
First off, a breather setup is necessary, NOT because of blow-by, but because of the natural change in crankcase pressures from the pistons going up & down and displacing air.
Since we're referring to oil in an engine, I don't follow what you're talking about when you refer to "the box", "front plug", and "special dipstick to go in the breather hole"?
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