Please refer to the Engine Forum for the videos. I just uploaded the videos as a potential Tech Tip.
Don -- One of the videos shows the engine running with the valve cover off. Note how the oil stays where it is supposed to be.
The engine sounds like it has an exhaust leak because ... it does
Yesterday, we discovered the manifolds need to come back off and make a trip of their own to the machine shop so they will all behave and mate up to the head without leaking.
I'm just happy we're getting this all done now and not the week before Townsend ...
