<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Ira--</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">There's never anything wrong with doing a leakdown test but whether or not the source is a worn rocker shaft will not be revealed by such a test. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I'd suggest pulling the rocker cover and observing how much oil is spewing from the shaft bushings with the engine running. Have towels handy....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 10:20 AM i erbs <<a href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Yup coming from crankcase hose. Ive got a lot of advice. Will get a leakdown test done and see what I find.<div dir="auto">Thanks everyone<br><br><div dir="auto">Ira Erbs<br>Portland, OR<br>typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 3:49 AM Kees Oudesluijs <<a href="mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl" target="_blank">coudesluijs@chello.nl</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>This is possibly coming from the crank ventilation. This often
happens if the sump has been overfilled with oil or if there is
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where the oil is coming from? My rear air filter has a lot of
oil blow by. I should clean it every 1000 miles or so. So is it
coming from Valve stem seals, valve guides or rocker arm??? When
I adjusted my valves I did not see a lot of oil pumping from the
rocker arms. I plan to drive my car on a 3000 trip in Sept from
Portland,OR to Deadwood, SD fro Conclave and thought I should
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