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85' wagon burning oil BAD around corner.

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Thanks to whoever gave me permission to post and search.

 

I have a 85' GL Wagon 5-speed, 4WD (non-turbo) with 130,000 miles. It run perfect, but when I take a hairpin corner at speed it will throw the densest cloud of burnt oil/exhaust ever seen by man. Any ideas what the problem is? I'm assuming that it has something to do with the crankcase oil moving to one side of the motor, but this can't be what the Suby engineers designed. I just replaced the PCV valve, but still get the same issue. Thanks in advance.

I had the same problem a few years back..Can't think of how i fixed it. but going too tight around a corner and too much oil gets in the valve cover and then it get sucked up in the carb...poof !! Smokin !!It seems that about that same time it was mysteriously using more oil than it should.A now retired Subaru guy in Burine??SeaTac told me to get a PVC valve from the dealer.I didn't believe it and bet him $20 bucks..I lost,something about the size hole in it that the non dealer ones have..Anyway Good luck on the Hair Pin puffin...could be worse OSF

I don't remember the fix, but dad had the same problem on an 88SPFI wagon, he thought at first it was gonna :Flame:but we got it fixed,

I have the same year wagon , and same problem , think its cool especially when I'm being tailgated by some looser

pcv reroute kit.

 

you need a foot of pcv hose and some different sized t-fittings.

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I'll try a factory PCV valve. Hopefully that solves the problem. I do wish that I could make it smoke on-demand. Thanks folks.

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Replaced PCV with a new Subaru unit and guess what??? No more smoking around corners. :clap:

Oh YEA !!! Who'd ave thunk it.... Good for you !!!Who would have thought such a small thing could change so much.C ya Todd

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