Car is a 1988 245 with 317,000 miles. I recently noticed oil running down the sides of the tube the flame trap is in. I replaced the flame trap, and no change. I have checked all of the vaccum lines, and replaced any that looked bad. I am still leaking oil. Suggestions?
Flame trap oil leak
Apr 03, 2009
4 Replies
You might inspect or try cleaning out the oil separator box the flame trap connects to. At that mileage it's possible you have a lot of blowby causing more oil vapor in the crankcase than the separator can deal with.
Thanks, James! I'll check it out!
Jon Robertson pretended :
Actually, I've been using synthetic oil in it since about 2000...
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