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Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!! 54TOW #395420 03/30/2008 6:27 PM
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 70 florida iowa B butch iowa Wrench Fetcher
butch iowa Wrench Fetcher B Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 70 florida iowa	lay a piece of cardboard under the engine......start it up...let it run for one hour.........its my opinion your rear main seal is bad and oil is being pushed out rear main seal when hot and driven at higher rpms......thinner oil........more leadage....ive seen it many times.........

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Denny Graham	03/29/2008 11:47 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Czechman	03/30/2008 12:59 AM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	atomarc	03/30/2008 1:13 AM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Denny Graham	03/30/2008 1:41 AM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	54TOW	03/30/2008 1:45 AM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Achipmunk	03/30/2008 2:43 AM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Flxible	03/30/2008 3:03 AM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	desertdog	03/30/2008 3:55 AM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	4ontheFloor	03/30/2008 8:42 AM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Czechman	03/30/2008 1:13 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	54TOW	03/30/2008 4:09 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	butch iowa	03/30/2008 6:27 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Hotrod Lincoln	03/30/2008 8:46 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Denny Graham	03/30/2008 10:05 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	glasman	03/30/2008 11:26 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	54TOW	03/31/2008 1:19 AM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Harvester	03/31/2008 5:37 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Denny Graham	03/31/2008 8:30 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Achipmunk	04/01/2008 3:35 AM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Denny Graham	04/01/2008 12:41 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	On the road	04/01/2008 3:27 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	54TOW	04/01/2008 5:25 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Harvester	04/01/2008 6:03 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	Denny Graham	04/01/2008 9:09 PM
Re: Pumping Oil out the Valdez's Breather? Put it to rest!!!	54TOW	04/01/2008 9:11 PM

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