leak at distributor o-ring

simba wrote in news:1_578405 snipped-for-privacy@autoforumz.com:

Plugged PCV valve?

Unless it is a 4 cylinder, if memory serves (like our old '88), it doesn't have a PCV valve.

Replace the distributor then. Its leaking inside the shaft seal

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Thanks for the responses. It is a four cylinder model, but it does not have a PCV valve (models after 1987, do not have a PCV valve). I did change the distributor (for a different reason), but the leak continued.

You did look at both the inside and outside of the housing to make sure that nothing is damaging the o ring, right? What was the condition of the o rings you replaced? Did you use the correct o-ring? Is the distributor factory OEM? Is the oil draining from the head properly?