Hi All,
Hoping to get some opinions on my recent issue.
So I had oil leak from camshaft (valve) cover gasket and I decided to replace it. Just the gasket, I know PCVs are common to fail but mine was still good so I only ordered a brand new genuine AC Delco gasket.
I replaced it as shown by DIYs online and torqued everything to proper specs and in the recommended sequence.
I took it for drive, two miles in I noticed rough idle so I stopped and opened the hood. I noticed there was oil coming out from the top right corner, under the "PCV circle" area. I must have pinched gasket during installation in that area. I turned around and headed home, keeping low RPM. But then the car started smoking from tail pipe, it was heavy and there was lot of smoke. Obviously, I was burning oil like crazy. When I got home I pulled all 4 spark plugs and sure enough there was oil in all 4 cylinders.
My question, could a pinched(or just bad) valve cover gasket cause oil to go down to cylinders?
OR
Could have something else blown inside the engine because of bad valve cover gasket?
I just ordered new gasket and I will replace it again, however I'm afraid the first pinched gasket could have caused some internal damage. I cant see how the oil could have gone to cylinder just because of bad valve cover gasket.
Thanks!
Hoping to get some opinions on my recent issue.
So I had oil leak from camshaft (valve) cover gasket and I decided to replace it. Just the gasket, I know PCVs are common to fail but mine was still good so I only ordered a brand new genuine AC Delco gasket.
I replaced it as shown by DIYs online and torqued everything to proper specs and in the recommended sequence.
I took it for drive, two miles in I noticed rough idle so I stopped and opened the hood. I noticed there was oil coming out from the top right corner, under the "PCV circle" area. I must have pinched gasket during installation in that area. I turned around and headed home, keeping low RPM. But then the car started smoking from tail pipe, it was heavy and there was lot of smoke. Obviously, I was burning oil like crazy. When I got home I pulled all 4 spark plugs and sure enough there was oil in all 4 cylinders.
My question, could a pinched(or just bad) valve cover gasket cause oil to go down to cylinders?
OR
Could have something else blown inside the engine because of bad valve cover gasket?
I just ordered new gasket and I will replace it again, however I'm afraid the first pinched gasket could have caused some internal damage. I cant see how the oil could have gone to cylinder just because of bad valve cover gasket.
Thanks!