1987 Dodge Ram oil shooting out of fill cap

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DAVIDSTEEL
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1987 Dodge Ram Two Wheel Drive Automatic

changed pcv vale and now oil is shooting out of cap and dip stick even worse than before
Oct 9, 2010 at 8:40 AM
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JDL
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Too much crankcase pressure. I worked on a vehicle once that had a hole in the piston, had so much crankcase pressure, it blew the pcv valve out and blew oil all over the engine compartment. You might do a compression test on the cylinders?
Oct 9, 2010 at 9:23 AM
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