Okay, I pulled the engine out of my '81 Vanagon, which was blowing oil. Put in new front and rear oil seals, plus, just for good measure, since the oil seemed to be getting blown all over the engine, the oil cooler and seals. Then install it in my '73 bus, not that that makes much difference. Finally got it running right, even idles. So, guess what? After about 5 miles, I see some leakage, looking like from the rear seal. Then, after about 20 miles, oil is blowing all over the engine again. Even worse than before -- like a quart in 15 miles! It's impossible to see where it's coming from, since the whole engine is covered with oil, top to bottom. Before it got bad, I looked at the valve covers, they looked okay. Pushrod tubes could not possible get into the engine airstream this way -- at least I wouldn't think so. Where else???
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