fountainofpain

i just invested in a gasket rebuild, not the engine rebuild. the other day while i was driving i noticed smoke coming from under the hood. i thought it was the breather leaking and the oil seeped out and was burning. so for now i just put teflon around the breather and gromet. when i started the car back up i seen smoke seeping through the breather, through the sides.i invested in the gasket rebuild because i knew i needed a new intake manifold gasket, so i seen the set on ebay for 60 and bought it. now im wondering, do any of you have any idea or experience with my problem. because im clueless. any help please. thanks guys.

Twisted

What year is your car, that it has a breather? Mine's an 88, and has a pcv system instead. At any rate, if oil is being forced out of your breather, I would suspect blowby. If you're also running a pcv system, I'd service that to make sure that it's venting the crankcase properly.

fountainofpain

its an 87, i know that the guy i bought it off of awhile ago change the rockers and the valve covers. he has hartman's so i guess he invested in ones with breathers. why i dont know, but yehh he did. he also changed it from fuel injected to carb. so i dont think im running a pcv.

Twisted

Unfortunately, I don't know whether the carbed mustangs had pcv systems or not. I did, however, used to be a bike mechanic, and often saw smoke...more like oil vapor/smoke that dissipates quickly...coming out of plenty of breathers. I saw it most on bikes with some miles and possibly a bit of excess blowby. I don't know whether it's normal for a 302 with a breather to smoke/seep vapor though. Hopefully someone will chime in with the answer.