poolboy
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I'm betting you guys have already discussed this but I'd like to know a little more about it.
My 74 is stock and I have the original valve cover vented to the carbs in the standard manner. I know that the carbs are drawing oil vapors from the cover,but I don't have any ill effects. The plugs don't show any thing unusual as far as deposits or color. No smoke from exhaust even though I believe I have 97k on the engine. Compression is nothing to write home about with an average of 133 dry and 139 wet.
Yet my oil consumption is about 1 qt./ 500 miles of conservative driving; more if I race around the back roads.
Ok. here's the Question. Do you think the installation of the oil seperator would make much of a difference in that oil consumption. I know some is going past the rings but by all indications that I mentioned previously I think a large percentage is being sucked up by the carbs and burned in the fuel mix? Oh yeah the leaks. Only the rear main, believe it or not!
My 74 is stock and I have the original valve cover vented to the carbs in the standard manner. I know that the carbs are drawing oil vapors from the cover,but I don't have any ill effects. The plugs don't show any thing unusual as far as deposits or color. No smoke from exhaust even though I believe I have 97k on the engine. Compression is nothing to write home about with an average of 133 dry and 139 wet.
Yet my oil consumption is about 1 qt./ 500 miles of conservative driving; more if I race around the back roads.
Ok. here's the Question. Do you think the installation of the oil seperator would make much of a difference in that oil consumption. I know some is going past the rings but by all indications that I mentioned previously I think a large percentage is being sucked up by the carbs and burned in the fuel mix? Oh yeah the leaks. Only the rear main, believe it or not!