Re: [Amc-list] Oil use for 196

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Wouldn't be surprised if it's not just the air whipping the vapors from the old six under the hood.
It just sticks to the valve cover!

that old American is not the most aerodynamic thing on the road so I imagine the air under the hood does a few twists before it leaves...

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

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From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> farna@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > Which reminds me -- there is an oil squirt hole on the rod that squirts oil 
> from the rod bearing on the cylinder walls and a good bit on the camshaft. Those 
> engines run up around 30-40 psi when hot, around 60 psi cold. The cylinders need 
> the oil, but the cam really doesn't. I guess the engineers figured it would be 
> better to spray the cam than the solid side of the block. I bet it causes the 
> mist inside and the extra oil spread over the side covers and all leaks a bit 
> more than other engines. Come to think of it, the L-head probably needed that 
> oil sprayed on the lifters, but the OHV should get enough from drain back from 
> the head -- something the L-head didn't have. 
> 
> It puts the modern six into perspective too. They really did their 
> homework -- really, no major changes to that motor after introduction. 
> ALl the fiddling with heads, but the bottom end virtually unchanged.
> 
> On mine, the front leading edge of the valve cover gets misted. I mean, 
> just barely "damp" with oil after a month or two, not wet like from a 
> leak, but from an aerosol. Can't figure out where it comes from; the 
> valve cover isn't leaking, the side covers are too far down, but maybe 
> the fan just rotates hot air under the hood.
> 
> I think assembling a 195.6 with Right Stuff sealer would do a lot.
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