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First off I was having problems seeing oil on my dipstick so I put a butt load in and now I have way to much oil. Around the same time I started seeing quite a bit of steam coming out of the breathers and have lost all oil pressure.

other than adding alot of oil the only things I have done is change spark plugs and play with the carb, fuel/air and idle.

Also, does anyone know of any good tools, write ups for carb tuning?? I have an edelbrock performer if that helps.

Originally posted by nystreetscene
First off I was having problems seeing oil on my dipstick so I put a butt load in and now I have way to much oil. Around the same time I started seeing quite a bit of steam coming out of the breathers and have lost all oil pressure.

other than adding alot of oil the only things I have done is change spark plugs and play with the carb, fuel/air and idle.

Also, does anyone know of any good tools, write ups for carb tuning?? I have an edelbrock performer if that helps.

How much is a butt load?

Originally posted by erik erikson
How much is a butt load?

hmmm please do not tell us i had to say that. you need to get the butt load out .to much will just get beat out by the crank pull the pan plug out drain some out put plug back and check it

Sounds to me as if you prolly blew a head gasket, or broke somethin' big time. Why'd ya' put a "butt load" of oil in it? A quart or two would do for checking.

Originally posted by pat mccarthy
hmmm please do not tell us i had to say that. you need to get the butt load out .to much will just get beat out by the crank pull the pan plug out drain some out put plug back and check it

So is a butt load 8 qts. in a 5 qt. system or is it 9 either way loose some oil.

Alrite, I drained the oil and have the propper amount now. THe engine starts up at just below 30 lbs of pressure for the oil. The oil pressure starts to drop as it warms up and eventually drops off to slightly above none.
I am getting steam or smoke out of the passenger side valve cover breather and a little chatter in the upper rpms on the same side.

Also I checked vacum and it is running at 15 when warm on idle.

Originally posted by erik erikson
How much is a butt load?

that is about (2, 55 gallon barrels worth of stuff.)
thats a lot of motor oil.

A butt load like is about 3 quarts on top of about 1 quart to much to begin with.

Are u using a manual oil guage? If so sounds like u have major internal situation.

Originally posted by nystreetscene
A butt load like is about 3 quarts on top of about 1 quart to much to begin with.

more than that.

1 butt equals:

2 hogsheads (this is probably the easiest to remember for social occasions) 476.961 liters
126 gallons
104.917 UK gallons
13.5347 bushels
0.131592 cords
11.6574 firkins
4032 gills
21504 ponys
4032 noggins
1008 pints
96768 teaspoons
12.0308 ephahs
1.58987x10^7 drops
10752 jiggers
16128 shots
629.504 wine bottles
630 fifths

one microbutt = 0.0968 teaspoons

Originally posted by Rrumbler
Sounds to me as if you prolly blew a head gasket, or broke somethin' big time. Why'd ya' put a "butt load" of oil in it? A quart or two would do for checking.

If you did pop a head gasket look for (carmel color) in your oil or anti freeze.

Originally posted by lt1s10
more than that.

1 butt equals:

2 hogsheads (this is probably the easiest to remember for social occasions) 476.961 liters
126 gallons
104.917 UK gallons
13.5347 bushels
0.131592 cords
11.6574 firkins
4032 gills
21504 ponys
4032 noggins
1008 pints
96768 teaspoons
12.0308 ephahs
1.58987x10^7 drops
10752 jiggers
16128 shots
629.504 wine bottles
630 fifths

one microbutt = 0.0968 teaspoons

Where in the world do you find all this b.s.?

"Originally posted by erik erikson
How much is a butt load?
Where in the world do you find all this b.s.?"


somethings you just know.
Answering B.S. ? for people that ask B.S. ? is the only reason I'm here.

Awww man, I had a legit question, sure it may seem dumb for people who know what they are doing and apparently I could have done a better job describing the situation but the ragging really isnt helpfull.

Erik, my oil is milkshake free and from peering in the radiator filler the coolant is clean as well. I had some coolant leak out of the hose that hooks up to the thermostat housing and that was clean too. Should I pull the thermostat housing to double check??

sometimes a blown headgasket wont show up milky in oil right away, let the engine warm up to operating temp and watch both the guages and the engine to see if its leeking anything or trying to overheat.

the chattering could be the valves . have you abused this car?

if you had to add a butt load of oil to get it to read on the dipstick, makes me wonder why it was that low on oil that it took more than 2 quarts to fill it up. never let an engine get below 1qt of oil, you will starve the cam and valve components, and if this engine is a 1st gen small block chavy engine you could have also damaged the piston wristpins on numbers 3 and 4 cylinder. in my experiences with bad oiling on these engines the 3,4 cylinders are the first to start to rattle. but mostly the number 3.

pray and hope this isnt the case with you. or the engine will need a rebuild.

ever read the warning that is stamped on the dip stick?