Not Oil Pressure Sending Unit - Leak?
I can try that. (Paper towel) The confusing part is that the oil is on the shaft of the distributor and on top of the distributor hold down clamp. The oil would have to be airborne from the intake to be where it is. If the oil is airborne from the intake why isn’t it on the firewall?
It’s like the distributor is leaking. Does oil go up inside the shaft? As I write this I’m wondering if the distributor shaft housing could have a crack.
oil on a running engine can do strange things
i had an engine in my duster i swore had a leaking 90 degree oil filter adapter on it
i removed it, resealed it, replaced it and reinstalled it darn near a dozen times
everything would be dry while idling, id go for a drive and the filter would be wet
the filter being the highest part of the engine that was wet that must have been the issue, right?
wrong
i finally taped a towel around the filter (making sure it sat up high enough to cover the adapter) and went for a test drive
unsurprisingly, the towel was wet when i get back
what was surprising was that when i started unwinding the paper towel, i found it was only wet on the outside, and dry on the inside
that lead me down the right path to find my rear main seal was leaking, the oil would hit the torque converter and the converter would fling it up to my oil filter
by putting some paper towel on the engine you will be able to see if the oil your seeing is coming or going
there is a "shaft" inside your distributor housing, but i would find it hard to believe that oil would make its way up there and leak out
