Persistent Oil Leak...getting worse...

[bobcowan]

I had a persistant leak from my 351W. Small, but persistant. Very frustrating. I had the car at a shop for some tuning. He had a little machine that injects smoke into the engine. Where the smoke comes out is the same place oil comes out. Took all of 10 minutes to set up the machine and discover a small leak at the fuel pump block off plate.

Find a shop that has one of these machines and pay the few dollars for the test. Saved a lot of frustration and trial and error leak "fixing".

[Dinobyte]

Well, after Dennis at Valley Ford Specialist took a look, he says oil is blowing out the dip stick, the seal of the manifold, the breather (and I have a PCV), and between the head and block. He thinks the rings never did set, and that the pressure in the crank case is causing all sorts of problems.

He is going to have to pull the motor and basically rebuild it correctly.

The drama continues.