[W126 Coupe] '83 380SEC oil problem

[Jonathan]

Have you done a compression and/or leak down test?  This is usually a 
sign of the crank case getting pressurized..  Start with a compression 
test and report what you find:)

Jonathan

Rick Patterson wrote:

> Back in February I got this great deal on a lien sale 380SEC.  

> Everyone say Doh! with me!

>  

> Yes I have a grocery list of problems I'm working on slowly, but the 

> one that's got me particularly perplexed is oil collecting on the 

> right bank, and entering the intake through the breather hose.

>  

> It doesn't seem to be a problem until I start getting the RPM's up 

> above 2000.  It doesn't flood the intake, it acts more like the tube 

> gets oil blown up into it and eventually spits into the engine.

>  

> Has anyone experienced this before?

>  

> Rick

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