Need Help With 74 Devile Oiling Problems

VINZB · #1 (**permalink**) 10-19-07, 07:18 PM

I have a 74 Deville with a 472 that I just bought. I noticed that the valves were ticking ad took off the valve covers, only to find that there was a lot of flakky oil residue under the covers. I started the car with the covers off and there was some oil dripping off some of the rockers. I ran engine flush through the motor two times. Now there is oil squirting out of one pushrod and still dripping off of a couple of others. Could the pickup be clogged or is the oil pump bad? Or is it some other problem that I should be looking for?

kiowamec · #2 (**permalink**) 10-20-07, 04:23 PM

Engine overheating and not changing the oil can cause this problem. Make sure you do not have an overheating problem. Check your oil pressure if you can. I would them replace one quart of oil with a quart of MMO (Marvel Mystery Oil). It's not really a mystery; it has a lot of cleaners in it. It does thin the oil a bit. You might want to go to one higher viscosity with the regular oil. If this doesn’t work after a few hundred miles or so, you could change the lifters out.