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Thanks for the tips. I've changed the oil and filter, am not getting any mingling or consumption of coolant and oil, so everything else seems normal. If the valve cover vent screen got plugged up, wouldn't the blockage actually DECREASE pressure exiting that vent line (while, of course, INCREASING i...

Thanks, JRM and Fatmobile. I had already installed the suggested oil splash guard a few years ago, and although I'm getting SOME oil droplets out the valve cover vent, it's mostly vapor/blowby. I have NO signs of runaway. How large should the restrictor holes be drilled-out? Are they cast metal like...

Searched high and low for your famed posting titled "Oil Out the Dipstick", but found nothing. Can you please post a link? On the drive back from a long weekend of camping in our 83 Westy with 1.6NA diesel, I noticed the rather sudden appearance of oil flecks covering the rear tailgate and...