I'll second Dave's opinion. If the rocker assembly is getting as much oil
as it's supposed to, after a 75 mile drive with the filler cap off you
would have a LOT of oil all over the engine compartment.
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Dave and Liz DuBois wrote to Wiedemeyer:
> Stu,
> I would take the oposit tack from Bob, my reason? If there is no
> restrictor in the oil lind from the block to the head (and there
> shouldn't be) and everything in the lubrication system, you should
> have had oil all over the engine compartment after your drive home
> without the cap on. One time I tried starting the engine without the
> cover on and with one rocker positioned right under the cover, that
> rocker shot out a stream of oil that went half way across the garage!
> One of the problems that people have had with the cast aluminum valve
> covers with the vented caps, were that some came without a baffle
> under them and even with the wire gause inside oil was thrown up into
> the cover sufficiently to run out and all over the engine. I would
> vote for the loss of the cap close to home. Good luck, Dave
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