Blowing oil from my dipstick tube...
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So I was blowing oil through the exhaust. Figured it was because of the way I had the breather setup. I had been scavenging from the valve covers in addition to my LS6 valley cover.
So I cleaned all the oil out of the intake, put in new spark plugs and capped off the passenger valve cover vents.
Now I'm venting from the LS6 valley cover into my catch can, then to the PCV valve, then into the intake manifold.
Started the car up and I'm blowing oil through the dipstick tube.
WTF! How do I solve this?
So I cleaned all the oil out of the intake, put in new spark plugs and capped off the passenger valve cover vents.
Now I'm venting from the LS6 valley cover into my catch can, then to the PCV valve, then into the intake manifold.
Started the car up and I'm blowing oil through the dipstick tube.
WTF! How do I solve this?
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if you are blowing oil out the dipstick, you are pressurizing the crankcase...which means you are getting pressure from somewhere...
if you can physically see oil...then there is a more serious problem
at WOT....you dont draw any vacuum, so your PCV system doesnt do anything...it only works at part throttle
if you are pressurizing the crankcase (which causes you to blow oil out the dipstick)..you are pushing pressure past the rings.
a compression test doesnt show a problem all of the time.
you have to perform a leakdown test.
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Seems this is a common issue, a bunch of racers on another forum I'm on are having the same problem.
We're fighting issues with venting the crankcase so we don't have blow by out the exhaust on decel, but if we cap the valve cover vents the dipstick gets blown out.
We're fighting issues with venting the crankcase so we don't have blow by out the exhaust on decel, but if we cap the valve cover vents the dipstick gets blown out.
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blow by doesnt happen on Decelleration....
you are creating vacuum....
you create suck by.....
crankcase oils pull into the cylinder....and get blown out the exhaust...
its a problem with the rings...
either built too loose, too much ring gap, or a problem with the ringlands.
you cannot CAP OFF the vents, you will get crankcase pressure...
the PCV system is designed to remove vapors at part throttle
at WOT, it doesnt do anything... the crankcase only vents from pressure forcing it out..
you have 3 choices with the crankcase vents
1... leave the stock pcv system in place (good option)
2... use Valvecover Breathers to vent the crankcase (least effective option)
3... use a vaccum pump (or a header evac system) to vent the crankcase all the time(best option)(vacuum pump does MUCH better than a header evac system)
all 3 versions require some sort of air/oil separator...something to take the oil mist out of the air before it gets to atmosphere....(or back into the engine as the stock PCV system does.
YOU NEED TO DO A LEAK DOWN TEST
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I'm doing a leak down test on Tuesday. If that comes back good, I'll have to figure out someway to deal with the venting issue.
Right now I have the LS6 valley cover hooked up to my catch can, then from the catch can to the PCV valve, then into the intake manifold.
That causes the dipstick to blow out. When I had the valve cover vents hooked up to the catch can the dipstick stayed put, but I was blowing oil out the exhaust on decel.
Right now I have the LS6 valley cover hooked up to my catch can, then from the catch can to the PCV valve, then into the intake manifold.
That causes the dipstick to blow out. When I had the valve cover vents hooked up to the catch can the dipstick stayed put, but I was blowing oil out the exhaust on decel.
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I'm doing a leak down test on Tuesday. If that comes back good, I'll have to figure out someway to deal with the venting issue.
Right now I have the LS6 valley cover hooked up to my catch can, then from the catch can to the PCV valve, then into the intake manifold.
That causes the dipstick to blow out. When I had the valve cover vents hooked up to the catch can the dipstick stayed put, but I was blowing oil out the exhaust on decel.
Right now I have the LS6 valley cover hooked up to my catch can, then from the catch can to the PCV valve, then into the intake manifold.
That causes the dipstick to blow out. When I had the valve cover vents hooked up to the catch can the dipstick stayed put, but I was blowing oil out the exhaust on decel.
and compare it to what I just said in my previous posts...
I explain why you get oil out of the exhaust or are blowing out the dipstick...
they all lead to the same reason...Rings.
the only way you can get oil into the cylinders is if it comes in from somewhere else...
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If your motor isn't hurt this will fix all of your problems and add some horsepower... http://www.gzmotorsports.com/SVPK-LS...-pump-kit.html
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would your PCV installed backwards cause this?? it is a one way valve. engine vaccum sucking it closed causing back pressure? just a question. something easy to look at. I know I check direction of flow just cause I don't know any better. the oldman....
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Did the leakdown test today, results weren't good. Leakdown's were 10-15% at best. Looks like the motor is tired and needs to be rebuilt.
It was a junkyard pull that I've put 3 race seasons on, so it's just given up the ghost.
Going to add a set of ported 243's while I have everything apart.
It was a junkyard pull that I've put 3 race seasons on, so it's just given up the ghost.
Going to add a set of ported 243's while I have everything apart.
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Did the leakdown test today, results weren't good. Leakdown's were 10-15% at best. Looks like the motor is tired and needs to be rebuilt.
It was a junkyard pull that I've put 3 race seasons on, so it's just given up the ghost.
Going to add a set of ported 243's while I have everything apart.
It was a junkyard pull that I've put 3 race seasons on, so it's just given up the ghost.
Going to add a set of ported 243's while I have everything apart.
sad to hear its hurt...but now you know the cause of your problems was ring related like I suspected
it just gives you a reason to bore or stroke it and built it better...
you can always reuse the crank if its still in good shape, might even be able to re-use rods and pistons and just get a bore cleanup with some oversized rings and fix it on the cheap.
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Yanking the motor this week and taking it to the local NASA CMC motor builder. He'll look it over and see if the cylinder walls are damaged. Said we could bore it 40 over without worrying about heat issues for track use. (I road course race the car)
So between a slight bore job and the ported heads at least it'll come back together stronger than before.
What's ironic is the entire reason I swapped in this LS is my factory Porsche turbo motor had bad leakdowns and here I am doing it all over again 3 years later. Doh!
So between a slight bore job and the ported heads at least it'll come back together stronger than before.
What's ironic is the entire reason I swapped in this LS is my factory Porsche turbo motor had bad leakdowns and here I am doing it all over again 3 years later. Doh!