[V8] oil leak

[Ron Wainwright]

  Listers,

  As suggested I went outside today & replaced my
crankcase breather hoses the one that attaches both
heads, looked good but replaced anyway,
 crankcase to driver side head was soft definitely
suspect looking, also the small hose that wraps around
the air filter box.
 Also cleaned up near both distributors & back of
valve covers & will watch very close to see any
additional oil.
 One thing I did notice was in between the header
pipes attached to the engine (on driver side) 
I could see some oil as well, very difficult to see
but did notice oil up there. I guess the best way to
describe it is if you were to lay under the car
 at the rear of the engine & follow that up till it
meat the underside of the tranny & branches out the
sides. there's oil all over the X pipes of the headers
& on the new 02 sensor
 thats basically were I could notice the oil as well.
 But I haven't got under there yet going to do it this
week at my friends garage.
 Makes me think the worst RMS. Of course if it was I
would do the job myself but I just want to rule out
all other possibility's first.
Thanks
Ron
87 5ksq many mods original owner 
90 200tqa many mods
90 V8 pearl 88k 02 S4 Avus 17's



--- Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> Could be the crankcase-to-driver side head breather
> hose too.    The
> crankcase breather system leads from the crankcase
> to the driver side head
> to the passenger side head to the front (I forget
> what the small hose on
> the front links).  Our car was a real "Stanley
> Steamer" with burnt oil
> odors because that first hose had a bunch of holes
> and was so mushy I had
> to scrape some of it off its anchoring places.  The
> second one was getting
> to exhibit the same deterioration, but had not
> progressed as far.  The one
> at the front was sound.  
> 
> At 05:11 PM 2/15/2004 -0800, Ron Wainwright wrote:
> >  Listers,
> >
> > After a short trip to a friends house i noticed
> smoke
> >coming up from under the hood,
> > popped the hood & saw smoke coming from the rear
> of
> >the engine behind the air filter on both sides some
> >oil must be leaking from the rear of the engine
> onto
> >the headers,
> > so I took a flashlight & saw some oil near & under
> >the driver side distributor & on the back side of
> the
> >block allso on the belly pan under the car i
> swipped
> >my finger & got fresh oil on the driver side rear
> most
> >part of the belly pan near the rubber piece that
> holds
> >it.
> > wasn't able to really get a good look as I didn't
> >take off the filter housing. Allso noticed a little
> >under the distributor on the pass side as well but
> not
> >as bad as the driver side.
> > My friend mentioned maybe rear main seal cause he
> >asked if I had any oil residue on the back bumper &
> I
> >do,
> > we were allso thinking valve cover gaskets,
> > but I mentioned that the car has gaskets for the
> >distributors?. 
> > I don't know I'm realativley new to the V8 but
> have
> >owned Audi's since I was 17 so i'm familiar with
> there
> >missgivings.
> >
> > Allso I might mention that I went Chris Semples
> >(Force5auto) this morning to meet him at his shop
> in
> >Concord, NH a 2 hour trip for me from Mass. I drove
> >the V8 with no problems oil pressure was fine, oil
> >temp was as normal, no warning lights there or
> back.
> > I went to my friends house a few hours after i got
> >back from Chris's so the car was relativley cool &
> his
> >house is just like 5 min away,
> >there was alot of smoke for a 5 minute trip.
> > Any help would be great
> >Thanks
> >Ron
> >87 5ksq many mods 247k original owner
> >90 200tqa many mods 224k
> >90 V8 pearl 88k 02 S4 Avus 17's
> >
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