[V8] Oil leak on header

Ronald G Wainwright ron_01056 at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 26 18:11:21 PDT 2013


Sounds like a dizzy or dizzy flange seal issue.

 Ron 

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On Aug 26, 2013, at 9:02 PM, chris brown <sacheldog at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Well i have not driven the car more than 900 miles all summer. And After all that sitting i started her and drove it a hour o so and i;ve got a oil leak, a pretty good one too. Leaking onto the left header all the way in the back by the distributer.  It's causing a pretty good smoke too. 
> Ive heard i need to check three things. re torque dist mounts, heads, and valve covers.  
> Are these relatively easy things to do? Do i need any special tools? What LBS. do i torque these things to? 
> Planing on driving her a few hundred miles over the Labor day holiday and want to tighten these three things.   
> thanks.
> 
> Chris  1990 V8                         
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