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Old 12-16-2018, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by tortuga View Post
I pulled off a valve spring and verified the valve seals are good and the newer version.

The other potential source of oil consumption was the intake gaskets. I bought a new set of gaskets and pulled the intake.

Viola, the gaskets were ragged at the bottom and there was obviously oil getting past them!

All buttoned up now have to wait for the China wall sealant to dry.

Hope this solves the oil consumption.
That photo shows the "V" of manifold is not the same angles as the heads.

Sucks up oil from the valley.

The gasket clamp is good for the top half, but not the bottom half.

Gary

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