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Originally Posted by 1795
Nice looking car, enjoy it. Contact Mike Stenhouse at Second strike for the manual. I concur regarding the oil loss, check your plugs to see if there is any excess oil on them and for uniformity. If only a couple of plugs, or one side seems to be burning more oil that may be a sign of an intake gasket leak. In addition to the other things mentioned by others, loosing oil only when the engine is running could be a sign of a leaking valve cover gasket.
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Thanks 1795. This engine is not one of the ones that has issues burning oil. I am the third owner, (the second owner I bought from only had the car for 6 months). I had a long chat with the original owner and he had no issues on oil consumption, (thankfully). Also, plugs were just changed out and I spoke with the mechanic who did the work and plugs were all clean. Valve cover gaskets are good, I had the car on a hoist and I could see that the oil was coming from the block adapter plate. Just gotta figure how to get at it to see if is the AN thread/fitting or whether it is line to oil pressure gauge...suspecting the latter as it has been an issue, and as I have the full repair history of the car, I noted that this had been repaired in 2009 once before.
Mike