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OK, so yeah...It's drivable now, after putting RTV on the cam seals...still losing oil under load. I can rev it by hand while I'm back there, and if I take it up to 5-6k RPM, I'll start smoking pretty bad, as I'm assuming it's leaking right onto the header. Could the distributor leak under load like that, or is the seal just bad around the valve covers on that side?
Also, the original issue persists, though it's a bit better. It misses at idle (gonna try replacing the plugs to see if that helps), and I have to adjust the idle kinda high (currently, about 1k RPM) just to keep it running. It usually dies if I'm coming off the freeway...like, off of high revs, and letting it drop...it'll drop all the way. I can sort of feather the throttle a bit to keep it alive/stabilize the idle. Meh...while I was replacing the vacuum hoses, I managed to break one of the little nibs on one of the plastic connectors, so now I have a semi-permanent vacuum leak, until I can replace it with God-knows-what part #. Agh.
At least it's back on the road...and consuming oil and gas like crazy :-/ But it is fun to drive. Anyone know somewhere I can get a cheap/smog legal swap in SoCal?
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