Re: Oil on the hood of my 86 Spider Quad

[Jim Roth <ALFISTI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message , denman <denman@domain.elided> writes
>I've had this problem for about four months. I've had the head gasket =

>replaced, valve cover gasket replaced twice, the engine has been gunked =

>and steam cleaned, it's spotless. I've had three different mechanics loo=
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>at it, including Algar in Rosemeont, PA. Not one of them can find where =

>this oil is coming from. They say there are no leaks to be found. Yet I =

>still have this oil that comes up onto the exterior of the hood and =

>streaks back towards the windshield. Is there a place the oil can =

>accumulate thats out of sight? Maybe its from the leaking I had from the=
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>bad head gasket and no one can find it. I'm lost. I don't know what else=
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>to do. Any help would be appreciated.

Where do you drive when you get this oil on the hood? If you drive on the=

interstate  or other high-speed highways where there are many trucks, the=
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check for the possibility of hyd/motor oil blown back from some of them. =
I
used to travel I-85 a lot and would always have these long streaks of oil=

from the front of the hood all the way back. Luckily, it didn't come from=

my car.

Hope it's that easy for you.....

Jim Roth, White Rock NM USA
'94 Land Rover Discovery
'90 MBZ300TE 4Matic
'88 Alfa Romeo Milano Verde (75/3.0QV)
'85 Maserati BiTurbo

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