On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Steve MacSween wrote:
Ah, that's a question. On this car it's low if driven hard, when it's
left
idling in the cold it goes through a LOT. However it's hard to
quantify as
it's got two significant oil leaks, one out the pan gasket in front
and the
other is where the breather tube exits out the left side of the pan
(bad
seal that my wrench is procrastinating wanting to do). IIRC from my old
w126, this tube is a CA-emissions-only deal, runs from pan up to the
bottom
of the air cleaner assembly.
All that I have seen have that tube. It drains away oil from the from
the crankcase breather.
Try to find a rebuild-able set of newer ones if possible. I haven't
seen all that many blow that seal out but it obviously happens. Could
be that the 2 halves weren't torqued properly on assembly or maybe
they
vibrate loose.
Yeah, from the sounds of them at least two need to be cleaned/rebuilt
pretty
bad actually.
THX
Mac
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
