One of my anal habits is to polish oil returns. It is a simple task and removing castings and creating a run back channel takes very little time. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> Sender: amc-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:07:30 To: AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family<amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Too Much Oil Joe - I'll let others chime in, but my '65 has a lot of oil running to the head. It used to leak a substantial amount from under the rocker cover, especially towards the back of the head. I followed recommendations and popped off the valve cover, cleaned it, ran a bead of RTV sealant around it and bedded in a new valve cover gasket. It still leaks a bit. Not nearly as much as it used to - but that helped quite a bit. My '65 has a fitting, then has a line running to a fitting in the head. It's a straight shot, and a LOT of oil (especially noticable when popping off the valve cover and adjusting the valves). On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think I have too much oil going to the head on my 195.6, which is causing the > rocker cover gasket to leak. I plumbed a separate line to the head from the > oil gallery in the block. There's an old discussion (which I think Frank S. > contributed to) on the AMC Forum about this problem. Evidently the engine was > designed to have a Tee fitting off of the oil line to the filter instead of a > separate line to the head. I'll put an partial obstruction (or orifice of some > sort) in the line to partially restrict the flow of oil to the head. Joe Fulton > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com