Quote: 1qt/200 miles is a Lot of oil to suck buy the pan but I suppose its possible. Others disagree but I prefer to use the composition gaskets on both sides of the valley pan. I even superglue them to the pan the day before install--very anal about it, I create wood plates to clamp both sides.
What ever you do dont use RTV around the intake runners--RTV is not gasoline resistant.
You may have more than one source of oil loss.
I would say that is where most of the oil is getting in there. I like to use at least one gasket , and have a little machined off the intake , the composition gasket are .030 thick EACH .
this is the best solution, it's a pain in the butt finding a good machine shop that can take 0.025" or 0.030" off each side but then you can add a gasket to the valley pan without messing up the alignment of the ports and creating this aggravating problem. anyone know if other v8's have this problem or is it just mopar big blocks? why is it so common with our engines?
this is the best solution, it's a pain in the butt finding a good machine shop that can take 0.025" or 0.030" off each side but then you can add a gasket to the valley pan without messing up the alignment of the ports and creating this aggravating problem. anyone know if other v8's have this problem or is it just mopar big blocks? why is it so common with our engines?