Kevin 007
Full-floater
Glad to hear. Yup, just another case of successful head re-torqueing!
Very, very little.how much oil should remain on the heads by time you get the covers off?
The driver's side is how they should both look. The rear drain back hole is probably plugged for some reason. Pulll the valve cover back off and try to unplug the hole (I know-hooray, right?).Looks like maybe its not flowing back into the block. There was nearly no oil remaining on the drivers side under VC. But the passengers side had a lot sitting closer to the fire wall side. Maybe 1 1/2 inchs of oil (near the top where the cover seats)
This is almost ceraitnly what's causing the leak.Could it be possible that my VC is becoming overfull when running?
It could be. Your idea of marking the full level after an oil change is a great idea and probably the best way to go.Is it possible that its over full?
I'd say that it's next to impossible for this to be head gaskets. The main reason is because there's no oil pressure going through the heads. The oil that's under pressure goes through the push rods. The next reason would be gravity. like you pointed out. Oil doesn't flow up. I wouldn't use air pressure to try to clear out that drain hole. You may end up wearing a lot of it. It could get into your eye(s) too. Before I did anything else, I'd feel around with a finger to see if I could tell what's blocking the hole. Then I'd try to pick/pull/bring the object upward so that I could get it out instead of shoving it down into the hole. Ar best, it will end up in the oil pan where it could possibly block most or all of the oil pump pick up. After all of your work, don't starve the engine of oil.Can I completely eliminate it being the heads leaking due to the oil being above the head to block surfaces? I haven't had the chance yet to pull it apart yet . Going to try tonight. But while looking at it. There is definitely oil above the head gasket. But as stated its soaked under there too. I can't imagine if the head was leaking that the oil would travel up? Idk though.