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Originally Posted by lesrrt
ck. while running, under the intake in between the valve cover w/ a small flaslight. When the heads leak, more than likely oil will collect in that valley under the intake. There, it will fill then run-off in a weep hole and come out a hole in the bell housing in front of the trans. I had this happen to my 380 prior to tearing it apart. Funny thing though, it ran ok despite the bad head gasket. Could just swap valve-cover gaskets and hope that was the problem too. If is is your head gasket, the leak will eventually become worse. Finally, if you degrease the area aroud the leakage, you may locate where the origin oil is coming from. Hope this helps. Les  |
Sound like a good theory. I did try looking under the intake today with a drop light. I could not get a decent view of anything. Where do you look, from back with mirrors, from the top in between runners etc? Is my drop light too big for this inspection? I did get a good look at the valve covers and they appear very dry. This weekend I will pull the valve covers and hopefully put that issue to bed. It would be real nice if that turned out to be the problem but I'm not too hopeful. At least I will probably get a better look at the head with the covers out of the way.
Thanks for the reply
John Roncallo