Oil in Header

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Oil in Header

11-11-2004, 10:55 PM

79 425E Has been sitting for a few years.

I'm seeing a bit of white smoke out the exhaust, and in the process of other stuff pulled the headers off. The left cylinder header is dry with a small amount of soot, the right side is black and sticky with oil. Is this the sign of a serious problem. These are the original headers and exhaust system so I didn't think they would be real clean inside anyway.
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RacingJake

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11-11-2004, 11:29 PM

Sounds like valve seals. You could do a compression/ leakdown check just to make sure it's not blowby.

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Hap Call
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11-12-2004, 08:27 AM

Jake nailed it on the head...good advice.

Hap
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Mr. Jiggles
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11-12-2004, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by Hap Call

Jake nailed it on the head...good advice.

Hap

That sounds an awful lot like a pun to me......

Jeff
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Hap Call
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11-12-2004, 10:50 PM
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