This sounds almost exactly like how my OM617 went last fall, except mine took a few weeks to go from "oh oh, where is that oil coming from", to the point where it was no longer drivable.
Mine was blowing oil out everywhere at the end, except through the turbo. Mac on 3/13/07 21:16, Kaleb C. Striplin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have sure never heard of this before. > > Hans Neureiter wrote: >> Today I cleaned my motor and replaced the head cover gasket, which I blamed >> to cause all the oil on the outside of the motor. >> Took it for a drive and noticed at a stop after 15 miles that the #1, #2 & >> #4 prechambers were leaking motor oil.... didn't make it home. >> Rattled like the crank bearings went. The power suddenly went away and when >> I had to get off the throttle it died. Oil pressure was full peg. >> Oil is pouring out of where #1 prechamber screws in the head, # 2 & # 4 are >> wet. And it almost tries to start. >>
