oil puddle on intake
 

i have a little puddle of oil on the right side of my intake and would like to know what you guys think is causing it or maybe causing it, stock 350 4bbl and stock intake and i dont know whats been done it to, according to the little pencil notes on the door jam it was rebuilt around 85,000 and i was contacted through myspace from i guess one of the previous owners atlest he said he was and he told me it has edlebrock intake and carb yet it has the stock stuff when i get it, ok enough rambleing, ill take pictures in a bit

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Have you checked the valve cover gasket?:crazy:

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Pull the intake and reseal it. Use felpro gaskets with a little bit of gasket sealer around the coolant ports. Not around the gas ports. Make sure everything is clean. Run a bead of silicone at the ends of the intake without the rubbers they supply. And you should be good to go.

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I too have had the mysterious oil puddle on the intake, even only after a rebuild of less then 1000 miles. never knew where it came from. I assumed the valve covers leaked..those old steel valve covers never did ever seal good..

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Remove the intake manifold bolts closest to the oil and put some teflon thread sealant on them. Re install the bolts and that should stop the leak.

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heres a pic of it for fun

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THANKS for the help guys ill try just pulling the bolts and try that first and if that doesnt work i guess ill plan a weekend and pull the intake and give a good cleaning while its off, thanks again

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:agree: Crankcase pressure when you are working it hard is pushing oil up the bolt threads. Several of the threaded holes in the head are not "blind" holes- they go all the way thru exposed to oil in the pushrod area.

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I pulled one bolt a night and used permatex thread sealant on it, torque it down and left it set over night. I had 34 bolts that did that, after 4 nights, no more oil puddles.

I did one at a time so I didn't break the seal on the intake and it allowed the thread sealant to set for each bolt.

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Good Info. I will have to do that on mine. I couldn't figure it out either, even though the intake will be coming off.