Re: 5kcstq screeching distributor

[Wallace White <wallace@remdesign.com>]

Phil Payne wrote:
> 
> In message <362F504A.F52AFD3D@remdesign.com> Wallace White writes:
> 
> > At cold startup I've been hearing a screeching noise for maybe 30
> > seconds or so; it's getting longer. The sound is coming from the
> > distributor, it seems, though I don't know which part of it. Any BTDT's?
> 
> Does the screeching stop when you pull the dipstick?

Bob Myers and Todd Young just asked me the same thing, saying that that
would indicate that it's a leaky rear main seal. I haven't tried the
dipstick test yet, but I will tonight. What is the relationship between
the sound and the seal?

- Wallace
  '87 5kcstq 150k