Losing oil, out of hole near cyclingder three Options

[turnaround89]

Everytime i drive my car, there is always a little pool of oil that collects behind a little hole by cylinder 3, the oil collects on top of the cooling tins in the back corner of the car. The hole is next to the nut that holds the intake on, its about .5inch diameter or smaller(didn't measure it just guessing) What can i do to stop this oil issue? I also noticed this same hole is on the opposite side of the engine but instead of being behind the intake it is in front of the intake by cylinder 2, no oil comes out of that hole. Maybe the oil isn't coming out of the holes but somewhere else. All i know is that oil collects by cylinder 3 on top of the cooling tins. thanks everybody!! help my car not spew oil, my dad hates oil spots when i pull into the driveway

[turnaround89]

SirAndy, on your setup your middle line that goes to the filler tank goes into the hole there. I think the hole on my filler tank is on the opposite side than yours. Just out of curioity, how does the catch can thing eliminate the oil issue? Why will the oil go into the catch can rather than onto my cooling tins?

Or in the way i am going mine, why will running these lines into the underside of the air filter solve the problem?

Thanks everybody!!!

[SirAndy]

Why will the oil go into the catch can rather than onto my cooling tins?

Beacuse right now, those ports are open straight into your valve covers. In fact, if i were you, i'd be really concerned about debris falling into your cylinder heads and getting inbetween the valve springs or rocker arms ...
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On lower RPM, those holes suck in Air, but at higher RPMs, they will spray oil out straight from your valve assembly.

If you attach a hose to each and route them to a high mounted catch system, the oil vapors will accumulate in the catch can and drain back into the oil filler after you turn off the motor.

On a FI car, those oil vapors simply get burned by venting them into the airfilter.

Either way is better than leaving those ports open. Like i said, i'd be more concerned about "stuff" falling into the ports than a little bit of oil coming out of them.

And before you ask, no, just plugging them off is not a good idea either. They're part of the crank case ventilation system and should not be simply plugged.

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