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Hi All!

Just wanting to know if there are any givens for an oil leak which leaves oil
in the valley of 3208T? I have no valve cover leaks, although it would appear to
me that oil would have to leak up hill for a cover leak to be doing this. After
a 500 mile run the other weekend, I noticed about a 1/8 cup of oil in the
valley. I also would like to know how much consumption is acceptable for a
100,000 mile BB. Seems that I'm burning quite a bit, however I don't see a lot
of blue in my exhaust, 'cept for start-up. I figure that's coming from valve
seals. I'll hold off on what's she's burning so as not to embarrass her.

Thanks for your time. Hope to get this sorted out before my 3500 mile round
trip in August.


Dru and Debora
Corpus Christi, TX
1983 FC 35 RB

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I sent this earlier and for some reason it did not post.



Just wanting to know if there are any givens for an oil leak which leaves oil
in the valley of 3208T? I have no valve cover leaks, although it would appear to
me that oil would have to leak up hill for a cover leak to be doing this. After
a 500 mile run the other weekend, I noticed about a 1/8 cup of oil in the
valley. I also would like to know how much consumption is acceptable for a
100,000 mile BB. Seems that I'm burning quite a bit, however I don't see a lot
of blue in my exhaust, 'cept for start-up. I figure that's coming from valve
seals. I'll hold off on what's she's burning so as not to embarrass her.

Thanks for your time. Hope to get this sorted out before my 3500 mile round
trip in August.


Dru and Debora
Corpus Christi, TX
1983 FC 35 RB

Dru and Debora
Corpus Christi, TX
1983 FC 35 RB

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Many times the fluid in the valley is fuel from the injector pump,
or fuel line leak. Check the fuel line connections at the injectors.


Bill 88 FC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dru penland
wrote:
>
> I sent this earlier and for some reason it did not post.
>
>
>
> Just wanting to know if there are any givens for an oil leak
which leaves oil in the valley of 3208T? I have no valve cover
leaks, although it would appear to me that oil would have to leak up
hill for a cover leak to be doing this. After a 500 mile run the
other weekend, I noticed about a 1/8 cup of oil in the valley. I
also would like to know how much consumption is acceptable for a
100,000 mile BB. Seems that I'm burning quite a bit, however I don't
see a lot of blue in my exhaust, 'cept for start-up. I figure that's
coming from valve seals. I'll hold off on what's she's burning so as
not to embarrass her.
>
> Thanks for your time. Hope to get this sorted out before my 3500
mile round trip in August.
>
>
> Dru and Debora
> Corpus Christi, TX
> 1983 FC 35 RB
>
> Dru and Debora
> Corpus Christi, TX
> 1983 FC 35 RB
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Dru, before you start pulling the inection pump or replacing hoses, be sure to
check and make sure that all the injector lines connections are tight. I am
embarassed to say, I had a leak similar to what you are describing for a year. I
was putting off pulling the injection pump. Just on a hunch I checked the
injector lines and sure enough one was loose. No more fuel oil in the valley.

Steve Anderson
79 FC 35
Poulsbo, Wa.
(Presently near Eureka, Ca.)


-----Original Message-----
From: penland_dru@...
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 9:40 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] 3208 Oil Leak


I sent this earlier and for some reason it did not post.



Just wanting to know if there are any givens for an oil leak which leaves oil in
the valley of 3208T? I have no valve cover leaks, although it would appear to me
that oil would have to leak up hill for a cover leak to be doing this. After a
500 mile run the other weekend, I noticed about a 1/8 cup of oil in the valley.
I also would like to know how much consumption is acceptable for a 100,000 mile
BB. Seems that I'm burning quite a bit, however I don't see a lot of blue in my
exhaust, 'cept for start-up. I figure that's coming from valve seals. I'll hold
off on what's she's burning so as not to embarrass her.

Thanks for your time. Hope to get this sorted out before my 3500 mile round trip
in August.

Dru and Debora
Corpus Christi, TX
1983 FC 35 RB

Dru and Debora
Corpus Christi, TX
1983 FC 35 RB

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