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RE: cut baffle under intake
By Will - 01/31/2001 10:35:36 AM; IP 24.162.190.33
If you're talking about the lifter baffle, that couldn't cause an oil leak. The lifter baffle looks like a windage tray. It is sheet metal, and is held down by the heads (or little tabs on the head gasket) It doesn't cover the entire lifter valley. It stops a few inches short of the distributor. It was that way from the factory.

The only purpose of the lifter baffle is to shield the bottom of the intake from oil. That reduces the temp of the intake and improves power. It is also completely sealed inside the engine. It couldn't cause a leak any more than a lifter could cause a leak.

I don't know why you are loosing oil. A possibility, though, is the cork gasket under the intake, right behind the distributor. That might make it appear to be coming from the distributor.
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=4389&Reply=4389><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor4389" onclick="return false;">cut baffle under intake</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>geo, <i>01/28/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=4389', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor4389') }); </script>  cut baffle under intake -- geo, 01/28/2001
 RE: cut baffle under intake -- T1M, 01/28/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=4395&Reply=4389><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor4395" onclick="return false;">I can't see why that might cause significant oil loss [n/m]</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Mr F, <i>01/28/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=4395', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor4395') }); </script>  I can't see why that might cause significant oil loss [n/m] -- Mr F, 01/28/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=4431&Reply=4389><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor4431" onclick="return false;">RE: I can't see why that might cause significant oil loss [n/m]</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>geo, <i>01/30/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=4431', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor4431') }); </script>  RE: I can't see why that might cause significant oil loss [n/m] -- geo, 01/30/2001
 Ok, then - let's try that again... (Was:RE: I can't see why) -- Mr F, 01/31/2001
Collapse <b>RE: cut baffle under intake</b>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Will, <i>01/31/2001</i></font>RE: cut baffle under intake -- Will, 01/31/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=4442&Reply=4389><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor4442" onclick="return false;">RE: cut baffle under intake</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Bill Krueger, <i>01/31/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=4442', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor4442') }); </script>  RE: cut baffle under intake -- Bill Krueger, 01/31/2001
 RE: cut baffle under intake -- Will, 01/31/2001
 RE: cut baffle under intake -- Pat in Rescue, 01/31/2001
 RE: cut baffle under intake -- geo, 02/01/2001
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