OIL UNDER TRUCK!!!!!! Not good!

[Blakewilder]

Any ideas what may have caused this??? I went out to the truck and saw about a 6" in diameter circle of oil....So, I popped the hood and there was oil misted up on the intake manifold and dripped down onto the sparkplug sock on the first plug on the drivers side. It came out of the Crankcase evac breather which had come loose and was pointing downward instead of upwards. I did notice a miss when I drove it to the store. So, I removed the breather and retightened it and the miss stopped and no oil since...But it scared the crap outta me.

The truck shakes alot now at idle because of the rumble of the cam (which I like alot "D) so I think it just came loose from the vibration.....

Any ideas??? Dave said I might have a vacuum leak so I checked all of the lines and didnt see any....so maybe it cause a loss of vacuum when the breather got loose....?????

 

[RedSrt007]

Time for another motor

Have you looked under it to see if its a gasket?etc?

 

[Nowwhat]

I would just put a new motor in if I were you.....

 

[Hamrhead]

Did you check the oil? If it's low, then I would just take Nowwhat's advice.

 

[OCBob]

Damn, they just won't give you a break will they LOL

 

[Blakewilder]

Oil is fine....

 

[1Fast400]

When you run the truck hard it builds an enormous amount of pressure. More than likely you simply popped the breather at some point. You could run a catch can mounted in the old battery box or off the front radiator supports. You'll be amazed how much ends up in there. Just keep an eye on your oil level. You don't want that thing getting low, at all.

 

[Kevan]

An oil leak that size? Man....better replace the engine.

 

[Blakewilder]

The breather has a very small amount of smoke comin out of it. My mech says that the PCV is malfunctioning....so they are replacing it.

 

[Texas Yellow Fever]

An oil leak that size? Man....better replace the engine.

HeHeHe....yeah and send me your old one, I'll try to patch it up enough to use it for a little while...LOL!

 

[1Fast400]

The odds you've done any real damage is unlikley. Just stay on top of the fluid level, you'll be fine. You ran that truck pretty hard at bradenton, so it doesn't surprise me. Do you have an aftermarket oil guage in the truck? You'll blow the sensor out of the one in the truck if you don't.

 

[Blakewilder]

That was it.....problem fixed.

 

[JTS VENOM PERFORMANCE]

With the boost you are running Blake you need a breather system off each valve cover, and no pvc system,

Just run a braided 8 or10an line from the valve cover to a moroso catch can or breather can, it is best to run them to the back of the truck , but mine is under the hood, you will get some smoke under hard acceleration but that is just the internal pressure of the engine, but you do need to constantly keep check on the oil you will consume oil witht he boost.
But if you run individual breathers , remove the pvc system, you will have no more problems.

 

[Blakewilder]

I have the EED nice sytem on order....it will be done right soon.

 

[JTS VENOM PERFORMANCE]

It want breath enough, for your boost

 

[1Fast400]

Do you have an aftermarket oil pressure guage?

 

[Nowwhat]

Blake with the amount of Boost you are running....you want to run with the valve covers off....just pull 'em....

 

[RedSrt007]

Blake with the amount of Boost you are running....you want to run with the valve covers off....just pull 'em....

HAHAHA, thats the funniest thing ive read in a while...thank you mike :rock:

 

[Prof]

Blake I think you have had enough fun with this build...don't put a new engine in, just rebuild this one one more time...I'd do it just to be on the safe side

 

[Hamrhead]

Sound advice!