Thread: oil building up ontop of engine behind p/s pump
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Old 10-02-2009, 10:59 PM
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Re: oil building up ontop of engine behind p/s pump
Just about every older Subaru ive ever worked on had a problem with oil expulsion into the intake manifold or carb from the PCV system. My exs old 85 GL did it so bad it would foul the air cleaner and turn it completely brown on one side. Im not sure how to prevent this, I believe it is a symptom of cylinder compression blow-by jetting spurts of oil into the system. Your vacuum hoses for the PCV may have started leaking and that where your oil may be coming from.... I know mine has a minor oil issue as well, another thing on the list when I pull my intake manifold.
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