3gm30f camshaft seal leak

[sailorchic34]

Originally Posted by Quixotic

Sailorchic, I checked the breather and found no clogs. Do I check the condition of the rings by testing the compression in each cylinder?

Yes exactly, though the poor girl test is to start the engine and pull each decompression lever and see if one cylinder is different from the rest. The intent is to see if all cylinders sound the same with each decompression lever pull. That is there's no real difference. No difference is good. A weak cylinder won't cause much of a change in engine speed.
If the rings are bad on one cylinder if you remove the oil fill cap with the engine running you should see lots of grey smoke out of of the oil fill hole. That with 1 cylinder being weak and oil leaking from odd locations, it's a pretty good sign that there's a ring issue with one cylinder or more. Don't ask me how I know. Been there done that

[Quixotic]

Originally Posted by sailorchic34

Yes exactly, though the poor girl test is to start the engine and pull each decompression lever and see if one cylinder is different from the rest. The intent is to see if all cylinders sound the same with each decompression lever pull. That is there's no real difference. No difference is good. A weak cylinder won't cause much of a change in engine speed.
If the rings are bad on one cylinder if you remove the oil fill cap with the engine running you should see lots of grey smoke out of of the oil fill hole. That with 1 cylinder being weak and oil leaking from odd locations, it's a pretty good sign that there's a ring issue with one cylinder or more. Don't ask me how I know. Been there done that

Well I finally got around to trying what sailor chic recommended and good news there is no smoke coming from the oil fill cap and no real audible difference between the individual cylinders when I pull their respective decompression levers. At this point I plan on just replacing the oil seal on the camshaft and monitoring it for further leaks. I will also keep an eye on the leak from beneath the fuel injection pump and see if it gets worse.