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Port Hueneme(Oxnard) California ;4.4 miles from Vo
Well, I've not posted here for a long time, but right now I'm a little stumped. I've finally got my car back on the road after a long stint in the driveway. She is running absolutely superbly except for one thing. When I drive her hard she is spewing alot of oil out of the valve cover breather (even more on hard right hand turns). I'm going to be running a compression test really soon, hopefully it's just evenly worn piston rings. I've replaced the PCV so I know that is not the culprit. I'm basicly just looking for other possibilities or to see if anyone else has been experiencing the same troubles.
 
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Perhaps the oil seperator is blocked.
It's behind the exhaust manifold. If you had poor compression, it would not run well.
Do the spark plugs have oil on them?
 
Compression.

Compression.

The results of the compression test are as follows;
Cylinder one: 170 psi.
Cylinder two: 200 psi.
Cylinder three: 170 psi.
Cylinder four: 170 psi.

No oil on the spark plugs. The crank case breather sucks at idle. I just want to know what to look for before I take this engine out and apart AGAIN.
Does anyone have any advise here?
Thanks.
 
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