Longgone
John/68 Barracuda & Dart
I`ve had an issue for the longest time with my oil turning black (getting dark) very quickly even shortly after an oil change. I knew it wasn`t dirt inside the engine as the rebuild was not that long ago. I had thought the worse although the engine was running fine and held good oil pressure. Today I believe I found the culprit. I was adjusting the valves and was about to put the valve cover back on when I looked at it, (as it sat upside-down on the fender), lo and behold there`s several notches cut out of the black rubber gasket. Evidently the valve springs have been chewing away at the gaskets and sending small pieces of black rubber all through the engine. I`m hoping that nothing`s been clogged up by these particles. I haven`t noticed any drop in oil pressure. New gaskets and an oil change and so far, so good.