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  1. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    found a nice pair in my area thnx
  2. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    I wish it was that easy , I sold all my other parts to a buddy who has now moved far away so my plan is to keep it driveable and maybe look for a LD340 intake and a smaller carb like 650-670 ?I believe it has to be the intake swap , thnx
  3. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    I have come to the conclusion to swap my aftermarket covers for oem stock or very close to that design ( mopar performance alloy finned )and run a breather with a drop tube on rt side ,stock vc has center mount ports well baffled inside to help stop vacuum pick up of oil being sloshed about I...
  4. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    after 45 years in automotive repair I maintain the rt is passenger ,left is driver side basically standard shop theory , :)
  5. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    yes saw that Im going to look into that ,how far did you extend your baffle ?
  6. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    sounds like a possibility , im currently just running a down tube from rt breather to behind the block , did you ever find out why or what causes this ?
  7. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    yes just about last 1/2
  8. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    pcv is on the left and breather on rt , if i put pcv on rt it sucks oil instantly to plugs and no starty :(
  9. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    i see the jegs have hole at the front on one , mine have the front hole on the left side rear on the rt ,do want to reverse side my problems , like a dog chasing his tail !
  10. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    i wonder if they interfere with the rocker arms ? and w hows you oil problems now ,do you run a pcv or breather on that cover ? thnx
  11. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    yep engineers arent usually hot rodders ! or mechanics for that matter FYI my brother is an enginneer :)
  12. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    assume you had same problem ? how is it working for you with extended baffle?
  13. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    i suspect the intake is sucking it up somehow need to do a full leak test perhaps
  14. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    yes its oil , there is a heavy flow inside rt valve cover ? not sure why or how thinking that it may be related to the recent intake swap ?? thnx FYI running a windage tray as well
  15. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    not flow through push rods
  16. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    yes removed and didnt see anything abnormal at all
  17. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    if I connect the breather tube to air cleaner it sucks the oil instantly fouling the plugs to no start if it did start it would definetly be very blue
  18. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    ouch thats ugly :(
  19. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    removed valve cover turned over no sign of pumping oil ,also has strong compression 150 across , thinking it has to be a vacuum leak with the intake manifold install
  20. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    yes im wondering if the airgap 7576 is overkill with the 750 dp holley , or perhaps not enough pcv vacuum to keep blowby under control ,I will try the turn down tube for now , thnx
  21. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    i agree the warner pcv is a good mod to make either way
  22. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    when I put the pcv in the right side it instantly soaks the plugs in oil and wont start
  23. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    when I remove the breather i see oil flowing over the baffle it also drips out of the breather so not like high oil levels but definetly high volume only 4 quarts in the motor reads fine on the dip stick
  24. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    yes I have checked both sides the left is fine ,checked the shafts thoroughly look fine , the push rods m not sure if they are flow through didnt check them yet ,and I will crank it and see where the excess is coming from ,
  25. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    agree tried that still drips out of the breather , going to extend inner cover baffle to see if it helps ,thnx
  26. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    its brand new just installed it the problem is not the vacuum ( sucking) its pumping too much oil inside rt cover ,thinking of extending the baffle to se if it helps ? thnx
  27. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    old school 56 caddy air cleaner and yes lightly blows out the mesh and covers intake in residue see the pic
  28. gardia55

    340 motor pumping excess oil on right side

    1951 they are the same 1949 to 1956,going to do a leakdown test this week ,getting it ready to sell had it 10 years tons of mods full restoration
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