Re: Mystery oil leak

[Ken Ames <amesk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My 79 Concord was doing that until I replaced the dipstick with a later model.
The original had just a flat washer type thing to seal the tube. The later one
has an actual 'cap' to do this. This may or may not help you. 

Ken Ames

Quoting Marty Bricker <mbrickerusn@xxxxxxxxx>:

> My daughters 83 Spirit (258 engine) appears to be
> leaking oil out of the dipstick tube.  Is this
> possible?  I haven't been able to confirm it but the
> oil is on everything behind the end of the dipstick
> (ie the top of the distrib, etc).  It's definitely not
> coming from the valve cover or from the base of the
> distrib (new gasket).Any suggestions apprecitated. 
> Thanks.
> Marty
> 
> 
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