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1961 Olds: blow oil out the oil filler cap all over the engine..hood

 
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could you put the wrong pvc valve in a 1961 Olds 394 engine and have it pressure up enough to blow oil out the oil filler cap all over the engine and inside the hood Russ

 

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Year: Pre-1983
Make: Oldsmobile
Year (other): 1961
Make (other): Oldsmobile
Model: 98
Engine: 394

Already Tried:
taken the engine apart though it could have been a broken ring but was not.

Submitted: 454 days and 4 hours ago.
Category: Classic Car
Value: $24
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Expert:  Virtual Wrench (L J) replied 454 days and 3 hours ago.

Hi Russ,

Not really. All PCV valves are pretty much the same. Its just a valve that opens and closes rapidly to vent the crankcase...

It doesnt have to have a broken ring to have too much blow-by like this, they can just not be sealing all the way from the rings getting hot and losing the tensile strength that keeps the rings "pressed" against the cylinders.

Have you done a compression test yet?

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