1984 Volvo 240 Oil is over flowing out of the dipstick area

Tiny
VOLVORAUL
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  • 1984 VOLVO 240
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 168,000 MILES
I hope this has an easy solution. I just received this volvo 240 DL and on the drive home it ran great, But when I checked the compartment there was oil that spilled out of the dipstick area.
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 AT 10:35 PM

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Tiny
RASMATAZ
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Check the oil pressure and the PCV valve
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008 AT 5:19 AM
Tiny
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I looked at Autozone for a new pcv valve and I dicocovered that there is no option for a 240 DL model only a 244 DL model and that it does not use a pcv valve.
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008 AT 1:04 PM
Tiny
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A clogged flame screen did the same thing for my brick. Follow the tube coming out of the valve cover and it should lead you to a plastic connector. Remove the connector and you should be able to see daylight through the flame screen. Mine was about 85% clogged when dip stick started popping out.
Hope this works for you.
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009 AT 8:42 PM

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