is my car injecting oil
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is my car injecting oil
Hey, I've gotta 87 base, and changed the oil about 1000 miles ago. anyway, when filling it up, I put a tad too much in (6.5 quarts instead of 6.1). I just never worried about the extra because it burns it. Anyways, i pulled both the upper & lower intakes off, and the oil level hasn't gone down at all. is one of the oil injectors clogged? im positive the oil lines DID NOT break. Or, did the connecting rod for the OMP fall off of the OMP its self? It's hooked up to the throttle linkage & what not. I'm just a little concerned. Thanks for the help guys.
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Tell you what. Disconnect the omp rod at the throttle linkage. One cotter key is all it takes. Zip tie the rod in the FULL UP position to the throttle body or where ever is nearby and make sure it can't possibly jam the throttle full open.
Now look at your dipstick when the car is cold. Go drive for three days and come back and look again at the dip stick. Same conditions....level car, cold engine. If the level is the same, something ain't a work'in. My experience doing this resulted in smoke on start up each time and a considerable drop in the oil level after a couple of days.
There's better ways, but that's one way of telling if the omp is working.
Another is IF you have clear omp lines, take the banjo bolts off and drain the oil out of the lines. PUt the lines back on. Start the car and idle the engine. LIft up on the linkage on the omp all the way and watch the oil in the lines ooooch up the line in small pulses. If all the lines have oil ooching up the line...........guess what.
IF you don't have clear lines.....make some.
Now look at your dipstick when the car is cold. Go drive for three days and come back and look again at the dip stick. Same conditions....level car, cold engine. If the level is the same, something ain't a work'in. My experience doing this resulted in smoke on start up each time and a considerable drop in the oil level after a couple of days.
There's better ways, but that's one way of telling if the omp is working.
Another is IF you have clear omp lines, take the banjo bolts off and drain the oil out of the lines. PUt the lines back on. Start the car and idle the engine. LIft up on the linkage on the omp all the way and watch the oil in the lines ooooch up the line in small pulses. If all the lines have oil ooching up the line...........guess what.
IF you don't have clear lines.....make some.
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